Chinese Character 炭 (taan3 | tan4) : charcoal; coal; carbon (chemisty)

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炭
taan3 tan4
[1] [n] charcoal [2] [n] coal [3] carbon (chemistry) Stroke count: 9 Level: 3 Radical: 火 (#86)
炭
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木炭 muk6 taan3 mu4 tan4 = charcoal 焦炭 ziu1 taan3 jiao1 tan4 = coke, a derivative of coal used as fuel in blast furnaces 炭疽病菌 taan3 zeoi1 beng6 kwan2 tan4 ju1 bing4 jun4 (Taiwan), tan4 ju1 bing4 jun1 (PRC) = anthrax 燒炭 siu1 taan3 = lit a charcoal burner 㷫過火炭屎 hing3 gwo3 fo2 si2 taan3 si2 = extremely angry粵㷫過火炭 hing3 gwo3 fo2 taan3 = extremely angry粵雪中送炭 syut3 zung1 sung3 taan3 xue3 zhong1 song4 tan4 = giving assistance to others in their times of need 炭疽 taan3 zeoi1 tan4 ju1 = anthrax; bacillus 炭疽桿菌 taan3 zeoi1 gon2 kwan2 tan4 ju1 gan3 jun4 (Taiwan), tan4 ju1 gan3 jun1 (PRC) = Bacillus anthracis 炭疽熱 taan3 zeoi1 jit6 tan4 ju1 re4 = anthrax See all 13 compounds
Showing 1 example containing 炭真係要多謝你雪中送炭我哋先至會捱過難關粵 edit We really must thank you for giving us (the money, food, material needs etc) so that we can make it through the hard times. Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only

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Decimal representation of this word: 炭
Unicode code for this character: U+70AD (off-site link)

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