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Kanji Detail for 炭 - "charcoal, coal, carbon"

炭

  • Meaning

    炭 means "charcoal, coal, carbon."

    1. Charcoal - Carbonized wood used as fuel.

    2. Coal - A black combustible mineral.

    3. Carbon - A chemical element.

  • Words using 炭

    • 炭素 たんそ Listen carbon (C)
    • 石炭 せきたん Listen coal
    • 炭鉱 たんこう Listen coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
    • 一酸化炭素 いっさんかたんそ Listen carbon monoxide
    • 木炭 もくたん Listen charcoal
    • 炭田 たんでん Listen coalfield; coal field
    • 炭酸 たんさん Listen carbonic acid; carbonated water; carbonated drink
    • 二酸化炭素 にさんかたんそ Listen carbon dioxide; CO2

  • Four-character idioms with 炭

    • 雪中送炭 せっちゅうそうたん Listen helping someone in trouble

  • Tattoo check: 炭

    • Verified meaning: charcoal, coal, carbon
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いざき, いさく, すみ, すみかま)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 炭

    Surnames 炭(いざき)Listen 炭(いさく)Listen 炭(すみ)Listen 炭(すみかま)Listen 炭(すみがま)Listen 炭(すみさき)Listen 炭(たん)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    tan(タン) タン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    sumi(すみ) すみ

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    火 灬 (hi・hihen・rekka・renga)

  • Related Keywords

    charcoal coal carbon ash barbecue black briquette cinder combustible element ember fire fuel furnace grill heating kiln smoky soot stove timber wood

Sentences including 炭

  • We can get many coals here.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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