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Chinese symbol for “toner”

碳粉
tàn fěn
toner (for a laser printer)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for toner is 碳粉 (tàn fěn), defined as: toner (for a laser printer).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

碳 tàn
carbon
radical 112 ⽯ · 14 strokes
粉 fěn
powder, flour, cosmetic powder; plaster
radical 119 ⽶ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “toner”

WordPinyinMeaning
墨粉mò fěntoner (for a laser printer)
爽肤水 (爽膚水)shuǎng fū shuǐtoner (cosmetics)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 碳粉.

WordPinyinMeaning
二氧化碳èr yǎng huà tàncarbon dioxide CO2
一氧化碳yī yǎng huà tàncarbon monoxide CO
碳酸tàn suāncarbonic acid
碳化tàn huàto carbonize; dry distillation
碳酸钙 (碳酸鈣)tàn suān gàicalcium carbonate
低碳dī tàn(attributive) low-carbon; low-carb (diet)
粉丝 (粉絲)fěn sībean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; cellophane noodles; fan; enthusiast for sb or sth (loanword from "fans")
奶粉nǎi fěnpowdered milk

See also: Japanese symbol for “toner”.

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.