炭素

Chinese

		charcoal	plain; element
trad. (炭素)		炭	素
simp. #(炭素)		炭	素

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 炭(たん)素(そ) (tanso).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thòaⁿ-sò͘

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòaⁿ-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: thuànn-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tvoarsox
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ sɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ sɔ²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 炭素

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) carbon

Synonyms

• 碳 (tàn)

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “炭素”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1], volume 2 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 428

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Japanese

Chemical element
C
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Next: 窒(ちっ)素(そ) (chisso) (窒(ちっ)素(そ) (chisso)) (N)

Kanji in this term
炭	素
たん Grade: 3	そ Grade: 5
on’yomi	kan’on

Etymology

Compound of 炭 (tan, “coal”) +‎ 素 (so, “element”), calque of Dutch koolstof (literally “coal stuff”). Compare also German Kohlenstoff, Luxembourgish Kuelestoff, Danish kulstof. Coined by Japanese scientist Udagawa Yōan in 1834 in his book 遠西医方名物考補遺 (“炭素”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) た​んそ [táꜜǹsò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [tã̠ɰ̃so̞]

Noun

炭(たん)素(そ) • (tanso) 

1. carbon (chemical element)

   Synonym: カーボン (kābon)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 炭素鋼 (tansokō): carbon steel
• 炭素税 (tansozei): carbon tax
• 炭素繊維 (tanso sen'i): carbon fiber
• 炭素中立 (tanso chūritsu): carbon-neutral
• 炭素１４, 炭素一四 (tanso jūshi): carbon-14
• 炭素１４法, 炭素一四法 (tanso jūshihō): carbon-14 dating
• 炭素クレジット (tanso kurejitto): carbon credit
• 炭素化合物 (tanso kagōbutsu): carbon compounds
• 高炭素鋼 (kōtansokō): high-carbon steel
• 含水炭素 (gansui tanso): carbohydrate
• 酸化炭素 (sanka tanso): carbon oxide
• 一酸化炭素 (issanka tanso): carbon monoxide

• 四塩化炭素 (shienka tanso): carbon tetrachloride
• 次酸化炭素 (jisanka tanso): carbon suboxide
• 二酸化炭素 (nisanka tanso): carbon dioxide
• 二硫化炭素 (niryūka tanso): carbon disulfide
• 放射性炭素 (hōshasei tanso): radiocarbon
• 無定形炭素 (muteikei tanso): amorphous carbon
• 一酸化炭素中毒 (issanka tanso chūdoku): carbon monoxide poisoning
• 二酸化炭素排出権 (nisanka tanso-haishutsuken): right to emit carbon dioxide
• 二酸化炭素削減義務 (nisanka tanso sakugen gimu): carbon dioxide reducing obligation
• 二酸化炭素削減目標 (nisanka tanso sakugen mokuhyō): CO2-reduction goal
• 放射性炭素年代測定 (hōshasei tanso nendai sokutei): radiocarbon dating

Descendants

• → Korean: 탄소 (tanso)
• → Min Nan: 炭素 (thòaⁿ-sò͘)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
炭	素

Noun

炭素 • (tanso) (hangeul 탄소)

1. Hanja form^? of 탄소 (“carbon”).