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Meaning of 炭

Pinyin tàn

Radical

火

Strokes

Definition

carbon / charcoal

Usage

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炭 [tàn] 定义： 1. A black fuel made by burning wood at high temperatures in the absence of air. 例: 木炭 (wood charcoal), 炭素 (carbon), 炭笔 (charcoal pencil), 炭画 (charcoal drawing). 2. A thing that resembles charcoal. 例: 山楂炭 (hawthorn charcoal). 3. Coal. 例: 石炭 (anthracite), 焦炭 (coke), 泥炭 (peat). 4. Fire; metaphorically refers to disaster or suffering. 5. A surname. 引文: 1. 《说文》：[炭，烧木余也。] (Charcoal is what remains after burning wood.) 2. 《释名》：[火所烧余木曰炭。] (The wood left after being burned by fire is called charcoal.) 3. 《孟子》：[坐于涂炭。注:“墨也。”] (Sitting in ashes and suffering. Note: metaphor for ink.) 4. 唐·白居易《卖炭翁》：[可怜身上衣正单，心忧炭贱愿天寒。] (Pity his thin clothing, worried about the cheap charcoal and wishing for cold weather.) 例子: - 木炭, 草炭, 骨炭, 活性炭, 炭炉 (a furnace for burning wood charcoal), 炭薪 (charcoal), 炭精纸 (a type of paper coated with carbon for duplicating), 炭笔 (a pen made from charred thin wood or carbon powder), 炭冰 (charcoal that is hot yet cold, metaphorically refers to something incompatible), 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