炭 tàn

1. tàn noun coal
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geology , Concept: Mineral 矿物
   Notes: In the sense of 煤炭 (Guoyu '炭' 2; Unihan '炭'; XHZD '炭' 3)
2. tàn noun charcoal
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 木炭 (Guoyu '炭' 1; Unihan '炭'; XHZD '炭' 1)
3. tàn proper noun Tan
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '炭' 3)

Contained in

• 夹炭黑陶(夾炭黑陶) charcoal-mixed black pottery
• 炭疽菌苗 anthrax vaccine
• 生灵涂炭(生靈塗炭) people are in a terrible situation
• 泥炭 peat
• 无烟炭(無煙炭) smokeless coal
• 炭火 a charcoal flame
• 烧炭(燒炭) to manufacture charcoal; to burn charcoal
• 炭疽 anthrax; bacillus
• 炭疽病 anthrax
• 煤炭 coal
• 泥炭藓(泥炭蘚) matted sphagnum moss (Sphagnum palustre)
• 冰炭不相容 as incompatible or irreconcilable as ice and hot coals
• 炭疽热(炭疽熱) anthrax
• 木炭 charcoal
• 苍生涂炭(蒼生塗炭) the common people in a miserable state
• 黑炭 coal; charcoal; (of skin) darkly pigmented; charcoal (color); bituminous coal (mining)
• 石炭系 carboniferous system; coal measure
• 炭疽杆菌(炭疽桿菌) anthrax bacterium; Bacillus anthracis
• 透皮炭疽 cutaneous anthrax
• 雪中送炭 to provide help when it is most needed
• 骨炭 bone black; animal charcoal
• 炭焙 charcoal-roasted
• 石炭纪(石炭紀) Carboniferous
• 火炭 live coal; ember; burning coals
• 焦炭 coke
• 石炭酸 phenol
• 艾叶炭(艾葉炭) carbonized mugwort leaf (used in TCM); Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum
• 冰炭不言，冷热自明(冰炭不言，冷熱自明) ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying; sincerity is not expressed in words
• 涂炭(塗炭) extreme distress; in utter misery
• 艾炭 carbonized mugwort leaf (TCM); Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum
• 活性炭 activated carbon
• 石炭 coal
• 冰炭不同罏 ice and charcoal cannot coexist in one container

Also contained in

石炭井 、 卖炭翁 、 石炭井区

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷六十八　表第六:　遊幸表 Volume 68 Tables 6: Imperial Visits History of Liao 遼史 — count: 11
• 卷十四　本紀第十四: 聖宗五 Volume 14 Annals 14: Shengzong 5 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 10
• 卷十三　本紀第十三: 聖宗四 Volume 13 Annals 13: Shengzong 4 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 8
• 卷三十　　志第十一:　禮三 宗廟 禘袷 朝享、時享儀 Volume 30 Treatises 11: Rites 3 - Ancestral Temples, Dijia, Worshipping, Seasonal Rituals History of Jin 金史 — count: 8
• 卷九十三 志第六十九 刑法一 Volume 93 Treatises 69: Punishment and Law 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 7
• 卷七十四 志第五十 職官三 Volume 74 Treatises 50: Official Posts 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 6
• 卷五十六 Scroll 56 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
• 卷一百六十五 志第一百十八 職官五 Volume 165 Treatises 118: Offical Posts 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 6
• 卷五十七　志第三十八:　百官三 內命婦 宮人女職 東宮官屬 親王府屬 太后兩宮官屬 大興府 諸京留守司諸京城宮苑提舉等職 按察司 諸路總管府、諸府、諸節鎮、防禦、刺史、縣鎮等職 諸轉運泉谷等職 諸府鎮兵馬等職 諸猛安部族及群牧等職 Volume 57 Treatises 38: Official Posts 3 - Women of the Inner Court; Palace Women with Official Positions; East Palace officials; Prince's Residence Subordinates; Officials of the Empress Dowager's Two Palaces; Daxing Prefecture; Officials in Charge of Offices, Palaces, and Parks in the Capital; Surveillance Commissions; Circuit Inspectors; Prefecture Governments; Town Administration; Defenses; Magistrates; County and Town Officials; Transportation and Grain Officials; Officials in Charge of Military Forces in the Prefectures; Officals in Charge of Pacifying Savage Tribes and Pastoral Peoples History of Jin 金史 — count: 6
• 卷一百八十六 志第一百三十九 食貨下八 Volume 186 Treatises 139: Finance and Economics 2h History of Song 宋史 — count: 5

Collocations

• 薪炭 (薪炭) 多繼釜鍑薪炭 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十四下 匈奴傳 Volume 94b: Traditions of the Xiongnu 2 — count: 17
• 冰炭 (冰炭) 譬猶冰炭鉤繩也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十一　齊俗訓 Chapter 11: Combining Customs — count: 14
• 吞炭 (吞炭) 曼聲吞炭內閉而不歌 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六　覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 14
• 荼炭 (荼炭) 契闊荼炭 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷四十一 列傳第一 后妃 Volume 41 Biographies 1: Emperesses and Consorts — count: 9
• 土炭 (土炭) 縣土炭 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《天官書》 Astronomy — count: 8
• 铜炭 (銅炭) 乃禁不得挾銅炭 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十九中 王莽傳 Volume 99b: Wang Mang 2 — count: 7
• 炉炭 (爐炭) 共爐炭 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 7
• 蜃炭 (蜃炭) 用蜃炭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 5
• 鑪炭 (鑪炭) 廢于鑪炭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 5
• 柴炭 (柴炭) 掌廩餼柴炭 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷36　列傳第1　后妃 Volume 36 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts — count: 4