tàn

wood charcoal; coal

Radical: 火 HSK 8 n pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

炭 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 炭

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 炭.

木炭
mù tàn
泥炭
ní tàn
涂炭
tú tàn
火炭
huǒ tàn
炭墼
tàn jī
炭焙
tàn bèi
炭疽
tàn jū
烧炭
shāo tàn
焦炭
jiāo tàn
煤炭
méi tàn
石炭
shí tàn
艾炭
ài tàn

Related characters (radical 火)

Characters that share the radical .

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