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Kanji Detail for 炭 - "charcoal, coal, carbon"
炭
- Meaning
炭 means "charcoal, coal, carbon."
Charcoal - Carbonized wood used as fuel.
Coal - A black combustible mineral.
Carbon - A chemical element.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
charcoal; coal
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
charcoal; coal; carbon
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
wood charcoal; coal
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
carbon, charcoal, coal
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Fuel for daily burning. Firewood that has been burned and extinguished but can be reignited. | A chemical element name. The gas people exhale is called 炭氣 (carbon dioxide), which contains this element. Also called 炭素 (carbon element). In modern chemistry written as 碳. | 塗炭. Describes people suffering under tyranny, like sinking in mud and falling into fire, unable to endure. Hence chaotic and violent eras are described as 生靈塗炭 (living beings in mud and fire). | 冰炭. Describes things of different natures that cannot be combined. Often used as a metaphor for people of incompatible temperaments.
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