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炭 tàn

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炭 tàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tàn | tan4
English translation
wood charcoal
coal
carbon, charcoal, coal

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About 炭 tàn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

炭 tàn

Contains the radical

火 Huǒ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

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Etymology of 炭 tàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿱山灰

Semantic compound

灰 huī

Phonetic compound

山 Shān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 灰 huī represents the meaning and 山 Shān represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 炭 tàn

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强 Qiáng 酸性 suān xìng 泥炭 ní tàn 土 Tǔ 常 Cháng 呈现 chéngxiàn 低 dī 钙 gài .

Strongly acid peat soils are often low in calcium.

木炭 mù tàn 块 kuài 同 tóng 玻璃 bōli 一 yī 摩擦 mócā ,棒 bàng 上 shǎng 就 jiù 带 dài 电 diàn .

No sooner were the pieces of charcoal rubbed against the glass rod than electricity appeared on the rod.

在 zài 动手 dòngshǒu 之前 zhī qián 把 bǎ 炭火烧旺很 hěn 重要 zhòngyào 。

It is important to get the coals white-hot before you start.

英国 Yīng guó 煤炭工业只消 zhǐ xiāo 两年就 jiù 将 jiāng 彻底 chèdǐ 瓦解 wǎjiě 。

In two years, the British coal industry will be dead and buried.

Words with 炭 tàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
煤炭 méitàn coal煤炭 méitàn
炭 tàn coal炭 tàn
炭疽 tàn jū anthrax炭疽 tàn jū
焦炭 jiāo tàn coke (processed coal used in blast furnace)焦炭 jiāo tàn
泥炭 ní tàn peat泥炭 ní tàn
木炭 mù tàn charcoal木炭 mù tàn
活性炭 huó xìng tàn activated carbon活性炭 huó xìng tàn
雪中送炭 xuě zhōng sòng tàn lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom)雪中送炭 xuě zhōng sòng tàn
黑炭 hēi tàn coal黑炭 hēi tàn
烧炭 shāo tàn to manufacture charcoal燒炭
石炭 shí tàn coal (old)石炭 shí tàn
炭疽病 tàn jū bìng anthrax炭疽病 tàn jū bìng
石炭系 shí tàn xì carboniferous system石炭系 shí tàn xì
生灵涂炭 shēng líng tú tàn people are in a terrible situation (idiom)生靈塗炭
涂炭 tú tàn extreme distress塗炭
火炭 Huǒ Tàn live coal火炭 Huǒ Tàn
石炭纪 Shí tàn jì Carboniferous (geological period 354-292m years ago)石炭紀
石炭酸 shí tàn suān phenol C6H5OH石炭酸 shí tàn suān
骨炭 gǔ tàn bone black骨炭 gǔ tàn
苍生涂炭 cāng shēng tú tàn the common people in a miserable state蒼生塗炭
冰炭不相容 bīng tàn bù xiāng róng as incompatible or irreconcilable as ice and hot coals冰炭不相容 bīng tàn bù xiāng róng

炭 tàn Decomposition & Compounds

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炭 tàn Decomposition

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炭 tàn Compounds

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