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碳

tàn

carbon

🔤 Pictophonetic: 石 (mineral) provides meaning, 炭 provides pronunciation

HSK 6 14 strokes Common (28%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

carbon, charcoal, coal

⿰石炭 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

shí

石

stone, rock, mineral

💡 Ideographic: A rock 口 at the base of a cliff 厂

5 strokes HSK 5

chǎng

厂

cliff; factory, workshop; building

2 strokes HSK 5

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

tàn

炭

carbon, charcoal, coal

🔤 Pictophonetic: 灰 (ashes) provides meaning, 山 provides pronunciation

9 strokes HSK 5

shān

山

mountain, hill, peak

📷 Pictographic: Three mountain peaks

3 strokes HSK 3

huī

灰

ashes; dust; lime, mortar

💡 Ideographic: The remains of a fire 火; 火 also provides the pronunciation

6 strokes HSK 5

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

2 strokes

huǒ

火

fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage

📷 Pictographic: Flames

4 strokes HSK 2

丷

kwukyel

2 strokes

rén

人

man, person; people

📷 Pictographic: The legs of a human being

2 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 碳 (43)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

carbonic acid / carbonate

tànsuān

碳酸 ↗

carbonic acid / carbonate

to carbonize / dry distillation / carbonization

tànhuà

碳化 ↗

to carbonize / dry distillation / carbonization

pentose (CH20)5, monosaccharide with five carbon atoms, such as ribose [[核糖<hétáng>]]

wǔtàntáng

五碳糖 ↗

pentose (CH20)5, monosaccharide with five carbon atoms, such as ribose [[核糖<hétáng>]]

triose (CH20)3, monosaccharide with three carbon atoms, such as glyceraldehyde [[甘油醛<gānyóuquán>]]

sāntàntáng

三碳糖 ↗

triose (CH20)3, monosaccharide with three carbon atoms, such as glyceraldehyde [[甘油醛<gānyóuquán>]]

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