木炭

Chinese

		tree; wood	charcoal
trad. (木炭)		木	炭
simp. #(木炭)		木	炭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùtàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄊㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ taan³
• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-thàn
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Shanghainese): ⁸moq-the

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùtàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄊㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùtàn
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-tʻan⁴
    • Yale: mù-tàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhtann
    • Palladius: мутань (mutanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ taan³
    • Yale: muhk taan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ taan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ tan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² tʰaːn³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-thàn
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-thàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogtaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² tʰan²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² tʰan⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wugniu: ⁸moq-the
    • Wiktionary Romanisation: ⁵moq-the
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /moʔ¹¹ tʰe̞²³/

Noun

木炭

1. charcoal

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 炭 (“charcoal”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		炭
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		炭, 木炭
Mandarin	Beijing	炭
	Xianxian (Xiaoying)	炭
	Harbin	炭, 木炭
	Yantai (Muping)	炭, 木炭
	Jinan	木炭
	Luoyang	木炭
	Wanrong	木炭
	Xi'an	木炭
	Dingbian	木炭
	Xining	木炭
	Ürümqi	木炭
	Wuhan	板炭, 鋼炭
	Chengdu	炭
	Guiyang	木炭
	Liuzhou	火炭
	Nanning (Fujian)	炭, 京炭
	Nanning (Wuming)	木炭, 炭, 火炭
	Binyang (Nanjie)	木炭
	Yizhou	炭
	Luocheng (Dongmen)	炭, 木炭, 火炭
	Tianlin (Langping)	火炭
	Yongzhou	木炭
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	木炭
	Xuzhou	木炭
	Yangzhou	炭
	Nanjing	木炭
	Hefei	炭
	Singapore	炭
	Dagudi (Maliba)	火炭
	Reshuitang (Longling)	火炭
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	火炭
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	火炭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	炭
	Hong Kong	炭
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	炭
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	炭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	炭
	Taishan (Guanghai)	炭
	Yangjiang	炭
	Wuzhou	炭, 堅炭
	Baise	炭
	Qinzhou	炭, 木炭
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	炭
	Beihai	木炭
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	木炭
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	木炭
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	木炭
	Sanya (Yanglan Maihua)	炭
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	炭
	Móng Cái	木炭
	Mandalay (Taishan)	炭, 木炭
Gan	Nanchang	木炭
	Pengze	炭
	Lichuan	炭
	Pingxiang	木炭
Hakka	Meixian	響灰, 木炭, 炭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	火炭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	火炭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	火炭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	火炭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	火炭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	火炭
	Hong Kong	火炭
Huizhou	Jixi	炭
Jin	Taiyuan	木炭
	Xinzhou	木炭
	Liangcheng	炭
Min Bei	Jian'ou	炭
Min Dong	Fuzhou	炭
Min Nan	Xiamen	炭, 火炭, 柴炭
	Quanzhou	火炭
	Zhangzhou	火炭, 柴炭
	Guilin (Biyange)	炭
	Chaozhou	火炭
	Shantou	火炭
	Jieyang	火炭
	Pontianak (Teochew)	火炭
	Leizhou	火炭
	Haikou	炭
Puxian Min	Xianyou	炭, 烏炭
Min Zhong	Yanping (Wangtai)	炭
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	火炭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	炭, 木炭, 柴炭
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dongbianzhou)	木炭
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	黑炭
	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	炭
	Luxi (Liangjiatan)	炭
	Luxi (Lijiatian)	炭
	Chengbu (Xuntou)	黑炭
Wu	Shanghai	火炭
	Suzhou	炭
	Danyang	炭, 木炭
	Hangzhou	炭
	Ningbo	炭, 木炭
	Wenzhou	炭
	Jinhua	炭
	Yiwu	炭
Xiang	Changsha	炭, 白炭
	Shuangfeng	白炭, 木炭
	Hengshan	炭, 木炭

Derived terms

• 木炭畫／木炭画 (mùtànhuà)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
木	炭
もく Grade: 1	たん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 木炭 (muk̚ tʰɑnH)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) もくた​ん [mòkútáꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞kɯ̟̊ᵝtã̠ɴ]

Noun

木(もく)炭(たん) • (mokutan) 

1. charcoal

Derived terms

• 褐色木炭(かっしょくもくたん) (kasshoku mokutan, “brown charcoal”)
• 木炭画(もくたんが) (mokutanga, “charcoal drawing”)
• 木炭紙(もくたんし) (mokutanshi, “charcoal paper”)
• 木炭自動車(もくたんじどうしゃ) (mokutan jidōsha, “charcoal-powered vehicle”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
木	炭

Noun

木炭 • (moktan) (hangeul 목탄)

1. Hanja form^? of 목탄 (“charcoal”).