Chinese symbol for “charcoal”
木炭
mù tàn
charcoal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for charcoal is 木炭 (mù tàn), defined as: charcoal.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “charcoal”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 木炭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 木材 | mù cái | wood |
| 树木 (樹木) | shù mù | tree |
| 木头 (木頭) | mù tou | wood; log (块 (kuài),根 (gēn)); (fig.) blockhead; dolt |
| 麻木 | má mù | numb; insensitive |
| 木板 | mù bǎn | slab; board |
| 木偶 | mù ǒu | puppet |
| 煤炭 | méi tàn | coal |
| 焦炭 | jiāo tàn | coke (processed coal used in blast furnace) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “charcoal”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.