tàn
charcoal
Phonosemantic compound. 灰 represents the meaning and 山 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 炭
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
coal | ||
coal | ||
anthrax | ||
coke (processed coal used in blast furnace) | ||
peat |
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[tʰ]ˤa[n]-s | thanH | tàn | charcoal, coal |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.2425% of movies
2780th most common character in movies
2369th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+70AD |
Shuowen | “炭，燒木餘也。从火，岸省聲。” |
Sources
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