木炭

Chinese

		tree; wood	charcoal
trad. (木炭)		木	炭
simp. #(木炭)		木	炭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùtàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄊㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ taan³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-thàn
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸moq-the

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùtàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄊㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùtàn
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-tʻan⁴
    • Yale: mù-tàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhtann
    • Palladius: мутань (mutanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ taan³
    • Yale: muhk taan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ taan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ tan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² tʰaːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-thàn
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-thàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogtaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² tʰan²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² tʰan⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸moq-the
    • MiniDict: moh^入 the
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵moq-the
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moʔ¹¹ tʰe²³/

Noun

木炭

1. charcoal

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 炭 (“charcoal”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		炭
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		炭, 木炭
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	炭
	Harbin	炭, 木炭
	Singapore	炭
Jilu Mandarin	Xianxian (Xiaoying)	炭
	Jinan	木炭
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	炭, 木炭
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	木炭
	Wanrong	木炭
	Xi'an	木炭
	Dingbian	木炭
	Xining	木炭
	Xuzhou	木炭
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	木炭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	炭
	Wuhan	板炭, 鋼炭
	Guiyang	木炭
	Liuzhou	火炭
	Nanning (Fujian)	炭, 京炭
	Nanning (Wuming)	木炭, 炭, 火炭
	Binyang (Nanjie)	木炭
	Hechi (Yizhou)	炭
	Luocheng (Dongmen)	炭, 木炭, 火炭
	Tianlin (Langping)	火炭
	Yongzhou	木炭
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	木炭
	Dagudi (Maliba)	火炭
	Reshuitang (Longling)	火炭
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	火炭
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	火炭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	木炭
	Yangzhou	炭
	Hefei	炭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	炭
	Hong Kong	炭
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	炭
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	炭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	炭
	Taishan (Guanghai)	炭
	Yangjiang	炭
	Wuzhou	炭, 堅炭
	Baise	炭
	Qinzhou	炭, 木炭
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	炭
	Beihai	木炭
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	木炭
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	木炭
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	木炭
	Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua)	炭
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	炭
	Móng Cái	木炭
	Mandalay (Taishan)	炭, 木炭
Gan	Nanchang	木炭
	Pengze	炭
	Lichuan	炭
	Pingxiang	木炭
Hakka	Meixian	響灰, 木炭, 炭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	火炭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	火炭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	火炭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	火炭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	火炭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	火炭
	Hong Kong	火炭
Huizhou	Jixi	炭
Jin	Taiyuan	木炭
	Xinzhou	木炭
	Liangcheng	炭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	炭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	炭
Southern Min	Xiamen	炭, 火炭, 柴炭
	Quanzhou	火炭
	Jinjiang	𠕇炭
	Zhangzhou	火炭, 柴炭
	Guilin (Biyange)	炭
	Chaozhou	火炭
	Shantou	火炭
	Jieyang	火炭
	Pontianak (Teochew)	火炭
	Leizhou	火炭
	Haikou	炭
Puxian Min	Xianyou	炭, 烏炭
Central Min	Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)	炭
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	火炭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	炭, 木炭, 柴炭
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dongbianzhou)	木炭
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	黑炭
	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	炭
	Luxi (Liangjiatan)	炭
	Luxi (Lijiatian)	炭
	Chengbu (Xuntou)	黑炭
Wu	Shanghai	火炭
	Suzhou	炭
	Danyang	炭, 木炭
	Hangzhou	炭
	Ningbo	炭, 木炭
	Wenzhou	炭
	Jinhua	炭
	Yiwu	炭
Xiang	Changsha	炭, 白炭
	Shuangfeng	白炭, 木炭
	Hengshan	炭, 木炭

Derived terms

• 木炭畫／木炭画 (mùtànhuà)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
木	炭
もく Grade: 1	たん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 木炭

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) もくたん [mòkútáꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞kɯ̟̊tã̠ɴ]

Noun

木(もく)炭(たん) • (mokutan) 

1. charcoal

Derived terms

• 褐色木炭(かっしょくもくたん) (kasshoku mokutan, “brown charcoal”)
• 木(もく)炭(たん)画(が) (mokutanga, “charcoal drawing”)
• 木(もく)炭(たん)紙(し) (mokutanshi, “charcoal paper”)
• 木炭自動車(もくたんじどうしゃ) (mokutan jidōsha, “charcoal-powered vehicle”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
木	炭

Noun

木炭 • (moktan) (hangeul 목탄)

1. hanja form^? of 목탄 (“charcoal”)