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碳
tàn
1. carbon (chemistry)
Common • Top 8% ✏️ 14 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

碳
tàn
carbon
HSK 6 14 丶

Compound Words (20)

含碳
hántàn
carbonic
吸碳
xītàn
to absorb carbon
减碳
jiǎntàn
to reduce carbon emissions
渗碳
shèntàn
carburization
碳化
tànhuà
to carbonize
碳汇
tànhuì
carbon credits
碳粉
tànfěn
toner (laser printing)
碳酸
tànsuān
carbonic acid
碳链
tànliàn
carbon chain
碳黑
tànhēi
soot
七碳糖
qītàntáng
heptose (CH2O)7, monosaccharide with seven carbon atoms
三碳糖
sāntàntáng
triose (CH20)3, monosaccharide with three carbon atoms, such as glyceraldehyde [[甘油醛<gānyóuquán>]]
五碳糖
wǔtàntáng
pentose (CH20)5, monosaccharide with five carbon atoms, such as ribose [[核糖<hétáng>]]
六碳糖
liùtàntáng
hexose (CH2O)6, monosaccharide with six carbon atoms, such as glucose [[葡萄糖<pútaotáng>]]
吸碳存
xītàncún
carbon sink
四碳糖
sìtàntáng
tetrose (CH20)4, monosaccharide with four carbon atoms
碳化氢
tànhuàqīng
hydrocarbon
碳化物
tànhuàwù
carbide
碳化硅
tànhuàguī
silicon carbide
碳化钙
tànhuàgài
calcium carbide CaC2

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,739
Word Frequency Rank
6,351 of 84,292

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