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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-thàn

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (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/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 木炭

1. charcoal

Synonyms

• 火炭 (huǒtàn)
• (Min Nan) 柴炭 (cháitàn)

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Japanese

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

Etymology

Middle Chinese 木炭

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”)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
木	炭

Noun

木炭 • (moktan) (hangeul 목탄)

1. Hanja form^? of 목탄 (“charcoal”).