炭 — kanji meaning “charcoal”
炭
charcoal, coal
- Meanings
- charcoal, coal
- On'yomi
- タン (tan)
- Kun'yomi
- すみ
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1307 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 86
- Chinese reading
- tàn — Chinese character page
Words with 炭
| 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 |
| 炭化 | たんか tanka | carbonization; carbonisation |
| 炭火 | すみび sumibi | charcoal fire |
| 泥炭 | でいたん deitan | peat |
| 活性炭 | かっせいたん kasseitan | activated carbon; activated charcoal |
| 炭焼き | すみやき sumiyaki | charcoal making; charcoal maker |
| 薪炭 | しんたん shintan | wood and charcoal; fuel |
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