Japanese symbol for “colliery”
炭鉱
たんこう
Romaji: tankou
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
In Japanese, colliery is 炭鉱, read たんこう (tankou).
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Meanings
- n coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
- n coal-mine shaft
Written forms: 炭鉱、炭坑、炭礦. Readings: たんこう.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “colliery”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山元 | やまもと yamamoto | mine; colliery |
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) |
| 炭水化物 | たんすいかぶつ tansuikabutsu | carbohydrate |
| 木炭 | もくたん mokutan | charcoal |
| 鉱山 | こうざん kouzan | mine (gold, coal, etc.) |
| 鉱物 | こうぶつ koubutsu | mineral |
| 鉱業 | こうぎょう kougyou | mining industry |
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.