Keyword
charcoal
- carbon
- coal
- Frequency
- #2235
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
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Mnemonic
灰 (ashes) gives the meaning and 山 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
煤炭
coal
炭
wood charcoal; coal
木炭
charcoal
焦炭
coke (processed coal used in blast furnace)
烧炭
to manufacture charcoal; to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning)
活性炭
activated carbon
泥炭
peat
炭疽
(medicine) anthrax; (horticulture) anthracnose; canker
雪中送炭
lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom); fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need
石炭
coal (old)
火炭
Fo Tan (area in Hong Kong)
生灵涂炭
people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
涂炭
extreme distress; in utter misery
石炭纪
Carboniferous (geological period 354-292m years ago)
黑炭
coal; charcoal; (of skin) darkly pigmented; charcoal (color); bituminous coal (mining)
炭疽病
(medicine) anthrax; (horticulture) anthracnose; canker
石炭系
carboniferous system; coal measure (geology)
石炭酸
phenol C6H5OH; same as 苯酚
炭疽热
anthrax
骨炭
bone black; animal charcoal
石炭井区
Shitanjing subdistrict of Dawukou district 大武口区 (Dàwǔkǒuqū) of Shizuishan city 石嘴山市 (Shízuǐshānshì), Ningxia
卖炭翁
The Old Charcoal Seller, poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易 (BáiJūyì)