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炭 = 灰 + 山

炭 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “charcoal”. It is built from 灰 (ashes) and 山 (mountain). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 833.

Keyword
charcoal
RTK frame
833
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
タン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
すみ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
уголь
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
炭 charcoal

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 灰 ashes
  2. 山 mountain

How to find 炭 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “ashes” + “mountain”. 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.