碳 (taan3 | tan4) : carbon

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碳

taan3

tan4

carbon

Stroke count: 14

Level: 3

Radical: 石 (#112)

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

碳

This word has been viewed 4047 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th Jun 2011 05:17

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碳化水 taan3 faa3 seoi2 = carbonic water

碳化 taan3 faa3 = carbonize, carbonization

一氧化碳 jat1 joeng5 faa3 taan3 yi1 yang3 hua4 tan4 = carbon monoxide (CO)

碳粉 taan3 fan2 tan4 fen3 = toner

一氧化碳中毒 jat1 joeng5 faa3 taan3 zung3 duk6 yi1 yang3 hua4 tan4 zhong4 du2 = carbon monoxide poisoning

二氧化碳 ji6 joeng5 faa3 taan3 er4 yang3 hua4 tan4 = carbon dioxide

碳水化合物 taan3 seoi2 faa3 hap6 mat6 tan4 shui3 hua4 he2 wu4 = carbohydrate

含碳 ham4 taan3 han2 tan4 = carbonic

碳酸銨 taan3 syun1 ngon1 /on1 tan4 suan1 an1 = [化] ammonium carbonate

碳納米管 taan3 naap6 mai5 gun2 tan4 na4 mi3 guan1 = carbon nanotube
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Decimal representation of this word: 碳
Unicode code for this character: U+78b3 (off-site link)

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