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Information of 炭

Pinyin tàn

Radical

火

Strokes

9 strokes

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Definition

carbon / charcoal

炭 (tàn) noun 1. A black fuel made by isolating wood from air and burning it at high temperatures: charcoal. Example: 木炭 (wood charcoal), 炭素 (carbon), 炭笔 (charcoal pencil), 炭画 (charcoal drawing). 2. A charcoal-like substance: Example: 山楂炭 (hawthorn charcoal). 3. Coal: Example: 石炭 (stone coal), 焦炭 (coke), 泥炭 (peat). 4. Fire. Metaphor for disasters; suffering: Example: "坐于涂炭" (sitting in charcoal). 5. A surname. 【Origin】: 本义: 木炭 (the original meaning: charcoal) 【Character Formation】: A phonetic compound; combines the character for fire and a simplified sound from shore. 【Citations】 1. 《说文》: 炭，烧木余也。 2. 《释名》: 火所烧余木曰炭。 3. 《孟子》: 坐于涂炭。注: “墨也。” 4. 唐·白居易《卖炭翁》: 可怜身上衣正单，心忧炭贱愿天寒。【Additional Examples】: 木炭; 草炭; 骨炭; 活性炭; 炭炉 (a stove for burning wood charcoal); 炭薪 (charcoal firewood); 炭精纸 (carbon-coated copy paper); 炭笔 (a pen made from charred twig or charcoal powder); 炭冰 (coal-hot yet cold; used metaphorically to describe incompatibility); 炭火 (burning charcoal).

泥炭 ní tàn

peat

涂炭 tú tàn

extreme distress / in utter misery

煤炭 méi tàn

coal

炭火 tàn huǒ

charcoal fire

石炭纪 Shí tàn jì

Carboniferous (geological period 354-292m years ago)

焦炭 jiāo tàn

coke (processed coal used in blast furnace)

木炭 mù tàn

charcoal

炭疽 tàn jū

anthrax / bacillus

石炭 shí tàn

coal (old)

烧炭 shāo tàn

to manufacture charcoal / to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning)

活性炭 huó xìng tàn

activated carbon

石炭世 shí tàn shì

Carboniferous

火炭 huǒ tàn

live coal / ember / burning coals

生灵涂炭 shēng líng tú tàn

people are in a terrible situation (idiom)

雪中送炭 xuě zhōng sòng tàn

lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom) / fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need

炭素 tàn sù

Carbon

薪炭林 xīn tàn lín

fuelwood forest

炭黑 tàn hēi

carbon black / lamp black / black pigment

黑炭 hēi tàn

coal / charcoal / (of skin) darkly pigmented / charcoal (color) / bituminous coal (mining)

石炭系 shí tàn xì

carboniferous system / coal measure (geology)

薪炭材 xīn tàn cái

Firewood