Japanese symbol for “carbide”
炭化物
たんかぶつ
Romaji: tankabutsu
carbide
In Japanese, carbide is 炭化物, read たんかぶつ (tankabutsu).
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Meanings
- n carbide (chem)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “carbide”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| カーバイド | カーバイド kaabaido | carbide |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 石炭 | せきたん sekitan | coal |
| 炭酸 | たんさん tansan | carbonic acid |
| 炭素 | たんそ tanso | carbon (C) |
| 炭鉱 | たんこう tankou | coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery |
| 炭水化物 | たんすいかぶつ tansuikabutsu | carbohydrate |
| 木炭 | もくたん mokutan | charcoal |
| 文化 | ぶんか bunka | culture; civilization; civilisation |
| 変化 | へんか henka | change; variation; alteration |
| 動物 | どうぶつ doubutsu | animal |
See also: Chinese symbol for “carbide”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.