炭 (taan3 | tan4) : charcoal; coal

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炭

taan3

tan4

charcoal; coal; coal-like substance

Stroke count: 9

Level: 2

Radical: 火 (#86)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

炭

This word has been viewed 6599 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th Jun 2011 05:46

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木炭 muk6 taan3 mu4 tan4 = charcoal

燒炭 siu1 taan3 = lit a charcoal burner

炭燒 taan3 siu1 = charcoal-roasted

㷫過火炭屎 hing3 gwo3 fo2 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

生靈塗炭 sang1 ling4 tou4 taan3 sheng1 ling2 tu2 tan4 = people suffering and in misery

煤炭 mui4 taan3 mei2 tan4 = coal

焦炭 ziu1 taan3 jiao1 tan4 = coke

炭疽 taan3 zeoi1 tan4 ju1 = anthrax
See all 16 compounds (CantoDict reports 17 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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
We really must thank you for giving us (the money, food, material needs etc) so that we can make it through the hard times.

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

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