tàn

carbon

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
石 meaning component

  Meaning component

shídàn

  

stone

炭 sound component

  Sound component

tàn

  

charcoal

Definitions

 

tàn

carbon; carbon (chemistry)

Most common words with 碳
Freq.
Word
Meaning

carbon (chemistry)

二氧化碳

carbon dioxide CO2

一氧化碳

carbon monoxide CO

碳酸

carbonic acid

碳水化合物

carbohydrate