碳 — Chinese character
碳
tàn
carbon
- Pinyin
- tàn
- Radical
- 112 ⽯ (Stone)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 石 炭
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mineral; meaning component 石; sound component 炭
Common words with 碳
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 二氧化碳 | èr yǎng huà tàn | carbon dioxide CO2 |
| 一氧化碳 | yī yǎng huà tàn | carbon monoxide CO |
| 碳酸 | tàn suān | carbonic acid |
| 碳化 | tàn huà | to carbonize; dry distillation |
| 碳酸钙 (碳酸鈣) | tàn suān gài | calcium carbonate |
| 低碳 | dī tàn | (attributive) low-carbon; low-carb (diet) |
| 碳纤维 (碳纖維) | tàn xiān wéi | carbon fiber |
| 减碳 (減碳) | jiǎn tàn | to reduce carbon emissions |
| 碳化物 | tàn huà wù | carbide |
| 碳酸盐 (碳酸鹽) | tàn suān yán | carbonate salt (chemistry) |
| 碳酸钠 (碳酸鈉) | tàn suān nà | soda; sodium carbonate (chemistry) |
| 聚碳酸酯 | jù tàn suān zhǐ | polycarbonate |
English words written with 碳
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.