碳

Translingual

Han character

碳 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一口山大火 (MRUKF) or 一口山一火 (MRUMF), four-corner 1268₉, composition ⿰石炭)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 833, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24363
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2443, character 10
• Unihan data for U+78B3

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Chinese

trad.		碳
simp. #		碳

Chemical element
C
Previous: 硼 (péng) (B)
Next: 氮 (dàn) (N)

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 石 (“(chemical nomenclature) non-metal solid”) + 炭 (“charcoal”). Also a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) , with 炭 (tàn) as a phonetic component.

Etymology

From 炭 (tàn, “charcoal”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 碳

1. (chemistry) carbon
2. (ecology) carbon emissions (in the context of global warming and climate change)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

碳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: たん (tan)
• Kan-on: たん (tan)

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Korean

Hanja

碳 • (tan) (hangeul 탄)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 碳 (thán)

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