碳

碳	U+78B3, 碳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78B3

Translingual edit

Han character edit

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 edit

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

Chinese edit

trad.		碳
simp. ^#		碳

Chemical element
C
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Next: *氮 (dàn) (N)*

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碳

Glyph origin edit

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 edit

From 炭 (tàn, “charcoal”).

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tàn (tan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taan³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): than
Eastern Min (BUC): táng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thòaⁿ / thàn

(Teochew, Peng'im): tuan³
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵the

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tàn
  - Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴
  - Yale: tàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tann
  - Palladius: тань (tanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taan³
  - Yale: taan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tan³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: than
  - Hakka Romanization System: tan
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tan⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰan⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: táng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: thuànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tvoax
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰuã¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰuã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /tʰuã²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàn
  - Tâi-lô: thàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: taxn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰan²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰan⁴¹/

Note:

thòaⁿ - vernacular;
thàn - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: tuan³
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thuàⁿ
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰũã²¹³/

Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁵the
  - MiniDict: the^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²the
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰe³⁴/

Definitions edit

碳

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

Compounds edit

一氧化碳 (yīyǎnghuàtàn)
中碳鋼／中碳钢
二氧化碳 (èryǎnghuàtàn)
低碳 (dītàn)
低碳經濟／低碳经济 (dītàn jīngjì)
氟碳塑膠／氟碳塑胶
活性碳
矽碳棒
碳化 (tànhuà)
碳化物 (tànhuàwù)
碳化硅 (tànhuàguī)
碳化鐵／碳化铁
碳循環／碳循环 (tànxúnhuán)
碳氫化合物／碳氢化合物 (tàn-qīng huàhéwù)
碳水化合物 (tànshuǐ huàhéwù)
碳素鋼／碳素钢
碳纖維／碳纤维
碳酸 (tànsuān)
碳酸氣／碳酸气 (tànsuānqì)
碳酸氫鹽／碳酸氢盐 (tànsuān qīng yán)
碳酸鈣／碳酸钙 (tànsuāngài)
碳鋼／碳钢 (tàngāng)
碳黑
高碳鋼／高碳钢

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

碳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

Go-on: たん (tan)
Kan-on: たん (tan)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

碳 (eum 탄 (tan))

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

碳: Hán Nôm readings: thán

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