炭
wood charcoal; coal
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How 炭 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
灰 (semantic, “ashes”) + 山 (phonetic, shān)
How to remember it
charcoal · Heisig RSH #1932
山 mountain + 灰 ashes
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 山
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 山 (shān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山 sound component | shān | mountain, hill, peak |
| 仙 | xiān | god; fairy; immortal, transcendent |
| 灿 | càn | vivid, illuminating, brilliant |
| 汕 | shàn | bamboo; basket for catching fish; Shantou |
| 讪 | shàn | to abuse, to slander, to vilify; to ridicule |
| 籼 | xiān | non-glutinous long-grain rice |
| 舢 | shān | sampan, wooden boat |
| 赸 | shàn | to jump; to leave |
| 疝 | shàn | hernia; to rupture |
| 氙 | xiān | xenon |
Words containing 炭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冰炭不言，冷热自明 | bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng | ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expre… |
| 冰炭不相容 | bīng tàn bù xiāng róng | as incompatible or irreconcilable as ice and hot coals |
| 石炭井区 | Shí tàn jǐng qū | Shitanjing subdistrict of Dawukou district 大武口區|大武口区[Da4 wu3 kou3 qu1] of Shizuishan city … |
| 活性炭 | huó xìng tàn | activated carbon |
| 石炭酸 | shí tàn suān | phenol C6H5OH; same as 苯酚 |
| 石炭系 | shí tàn xì | carboniferous system; coal measure (geology) |
| 无烟炭 | wú yān tàn | smokeless coal |
| 雪中送炭 | xuě zhōng sòng tàn | lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom); fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need |
| 石炭纪 | Shí tàn jì | Carboniferous (geological period 354-292m years ago) |
| 生灵涂炭 | shēng líng tú tàn | people are in a terrible situation (idiom) |
| 石炭井 | Shí tàn jǐng | Shitanjing subdistrict of Dawukou district 大武口區|大武口区[Da4 wu3 kou3 qu1] of Shizuishan city … |
| 石炭 | shí tàn | coal (old) |
| 火炭 | Huǒ Tàn | Fo Tan (area in Hong Kong) |
| 火炭 | huǒ tàn | live coal; ember; burning coals |
| 黑炭 | hēi tàn | coal; charcoal; (of skin) darkly pigmented; charcoal (color); bituminous coal (mining) |
| 木炭 | mù tàn | charcoal |
| 骨炭 | gǔ tàn | bone black; animal charcoal |
| 艾叶炭 | ài yè tàn | carbonized mugwort leaf (used in TCM); Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum |
| 苍生涂炭 | cāng shēng tú tàn | see 生靈塗炭|生灵涂炭[sheng1 ling2 tu2 tan4] |
| 泥炭 | ní tàn | peat |