Chinese Character 炭 Meanings and components.

Form

炭

Meaning

炭 meaning[3] in English

Wood Charcoal.

Coal.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 炭 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Shan (山) , and ash (灰)

Its radical[1] is: 火 (huo3) which means: Surname Huo, .火huo3surname Huo

In cangjie it is written with UMF

How to write 炭

To write炭tan4wood charcoal you should write a combination of 山shan1surname Shan , 灰hui1ash arranged in a 吕 shape:

山 + 灰 = 炭

炭 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 炭 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 炭, looks as follow:

炭
Pinyin:tan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Wood Charcoal . Coal
山
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shan
灰
Pinyin:hui1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Ash . Dust . Lime . Gray . Discouraged . Dejected
厂
Pinyin:chang3
Meaning[3]: 'Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 27), Occurring In 原, 历, 压 Etc
火
Pinyin:huo3
Meaning[3]: Surname Huo

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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