炭 Chinese Dictionary
Find the redical,pronunciation,strokes and meaning of Chinese word. One word one time.
| No. | Word | Radical | Strokes | Pronunciation | Meaning |
| 1 | 炭 | 9 | tàn | 炭〈名〉 (形声。从火,岸省声。本义木炭) 同本义 炭,烧木余也。--《说文》 火所烧余木曰炭。--《释名》 坐于涂炭。--《孟子》。注墨也。” 可怜身上衣正单,心忧炭贱愿天寒。--唐·白居易《卖炭翁》 又如木炭;草炭;骨炭;活性炭;炭炉(烧木炭的炉子);炭薪(柴炭);炭精纸(一种涂有炭精供复写的纸);炭笔(用细木枝烧焦或用炭粉制成的笔);炭冰(炭热而冰冷。喻不能相容); 炭火(燃烧的炭) 像炭的东西 火。比喻灾难;困苦 为其主人入山作炭。--《 炭tàn ⒈将木材封置与外部空气隔离，加高热可烧成的一种黑色燃料木～（它的大部分是碳素）。 ⒉煤石～。煤～。 ⒊像炭的东西山楂～。 |
Chinese dictionary is a reference book that contains an alphabetical list of words in Chinese language with their meanings in English. It can be used to learn new words, improve vocabulary, and understand the meaning of words in Chinese language. This is an online Chinese dictionaries can be used for free.
To use the Chinese dictionary, please follow these steps:
Look up the word you want to know in the dictionary.
If you don’t know how to write the word in Chinese characters, you can use the pinyin (the romanization of Chinese) to find it.
If you don’t know the pinyin either, you can use the radical index (a list of all the radicals used in Chinese characters) to find it.
Once you find the word, look at its definition and example sentences to understand its meaning and usage.
You can also use paper dictionaries which are organized by radicals, number of strokes, and lastly by alphabetic order.
