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炭 = 山 + 灰

炭 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “charcoal”. It is built from 山 (mountain) and 灰 (ashes). It appears as a component in 3 other characters in this index.

Keyword
charcoal
Pinyin (Mandarin)
tàn
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
уголь
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
炭 charcoal

Decomposition

ids

  1. 山 mountain
  2. 灰 ashes

Characters that contain 炭

How to find 炭 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mountain” + “ashes”. 炭 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 炭 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.