Chinese Character 碳 Meanings and components.

Form

碳

Meaning

碳 meaning[3] in English

Carbon (Chemistry).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 碳 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Shi (石) , and wood charcoal (炭)

Its radical[1] is: 石 (shi2) which means: Surname Shi, .石shi2surname Shi

In cangjie it is written with MRUMF

How to write 碳

To write碳tan4carbon (chemistry) you should write a combination of 石shi2surname Shi , 炭tan4wood charcoal arranged in a 吅 shape:

石 + 炭 = 碳

碳 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

碳
Pinyin:tan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Carbon (Chemistry)
石
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
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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