碳
carbon (chemistry)
14 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,307 U+78B3
How 碳 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
石 (semantic, “mineral”) + 炭 (phonetic, tàn)
How to remember it
carbon · Heisig RSH #1933
石 stone + 炭 charcoal
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 碳
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 碳水化合物 | tàn shuǐ huà hé wù | carbohydrate |
| 无定形碳 | wú dìng xíng tàn | amorphous carbon |
| 碳化物 | tàn huà wù | carbide |
| 碳中和 | tàn zhōng hé | carbon neutrality; carbon-neutral |
| 碳原子 | tàn yuán zǐ | carbon atom |
| 一氧化碳 | yī yǎng huà tàn | carbon monoxide CO |
| 碳性电池 | tàn xìng diàn chí | carbon-zinc battery |
| 二氧化碳 | èr yǎng huà tàn | carbon dioxide CO2 |
| 碳氢化合物 | tàn qīng huà hé wù | hydrocarbon |
| 三碳糖 | sān tàn táng | triose (CH2O)3, monosaccharide with three carbon atoms, such as glyceraldehyde 甘油醛[gan1 yo… |
| 重碳酸盐 | chóng tàn suān yán | bicarbonate |
| 二氧化碳隔离 | èr yǎng huà tàn gé lí | carbon sequestration; carbon dioxide sequestration |
| 碳水 | tàn shuǐ | (coll.) carbohydrate; carbs (abbr. for 碳水化合物[tan4 shui3 hua4 he2 wu4]) |
| 碳化 | tàn huà | to carbonize; dry distillation; carbonization |
| 碳足印 | tàn zú yìn | carbon footprint |
| 四碳糖 | sì tàn táng | tetrose (CH2O)4, monosaccharide with four carbon atoms |
| 五碳糖 | wǔ tàn táng | pentose (CH2O)5, monosaccharide with five carbon atoms, such as ribose 核糖[he2 tang2] |
| 碳排放 | tàn pái fàng | carbon emissions; carbon dioxide emissions |
| 碳黑 | tàn hēi | soot; carbon black |
| 黑碳 | hēi tàn | (climatology) black carbon (BC) (light-absorbing carbonaceous particulate matter formed by… |