炭 – charcoal, coal

9 strokesTaught in grade 3#1307 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 炭 means charcoal, coal. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is タン (tan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is すみ (sumi). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 火 (no. 86).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	タン	tan
Kun’yomi	すみ	sumi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 火 (Kangxi radical 86). Components: 火・山・厂.

Words using 炭

石炭せきたんcoal炭鉱たんこうcoal mine炭素たんそcarbon (C)

Example sentences

石炭を石油の代わりに使いました。

They substituted coal for oil.

Tatoeba #142330

あの支部は炭鉱労働組合に属している。

That branch is affiliated to the miners' union.

Tatoeba #230951

石炭は大部分が炭素から成っている。

Coal consists mostly of carbon.

Tatoeba #142333

Kanji with the same radical

点無然火熱爆為燃焦災焼照炎煙烈熟

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