炭素

Chinese

charcoal plain; element
trad. (炭素)
simp. #(炭素)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (たん)() (tanso).

Pronunciation


Noun

炭素

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) carbon

Synonyms

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たん
Grade: 3

Grade: 5
on’yomi kan’on

Etymology

Compound of (tan, coal) + (so, element), calque of Dutch koolstof (literally coal stuff), from German Kohlenstoff. Compare also Luxembourgish Kuelestoff, Danish kulstof. Coined by Japanese scientist Udagawa Yōan in 1834 in his book 遠西医方名物考補遺 (“炭素”).

Pronunciation

Noun

(たん)() • (tanso) 

  1. carbon (chemical element)
    Synonym: カーボン (kābon)

Derived terms

  • (いっ)(さん)()(たん)() (issanka tanso, carbon monoxide)
  • (いっ)(さん)()(たん)()(ちゅう)(どく) (issanka tanso chūdoku, carbon monoxide poisoning)
  • ()(りゅう)()(たん)() (niryūka tanso, carbon disulfide)
  • ()(さん)()(たん)() (nisanka tanso, carbon dioxide)
  • ()(さん)()(たん)()(さく)(げん)(もく)(ひょう) (nisanka tanso sakugen mokuhyō, CO2 reduction goal)
  • ()(さん)()(たん)()(さく)(げん)()() (nisanka tanso sakugen zamu, carbon dioxide reduction obligation)
  • ()(さん)()(たん)()(はい)(しゅつ)(けん) (nisanka tanso haishutsuken, right to emit carbon dioxide)
  • (がん)(すい)(たん)() (gansui tanso, carbohydrate)
  • ()(えん)()(たん)() (shienka tanso, carbon tetrachloride)
  • (ほう)(しゃ)(せい)(たん)() (hōshasei tanso, radiocarbon)
  • (ほう)(しゃ)(せい)(たん)()(ねん)(だい)(そく)(てい) (hōshasei tanso nendai sokutei, radiocarbon dating)
  • ()(さん)()(たん)() (jisanka tanso, carbon suboxide)
  • (たん)()14(じゅうし) (tanso jūshi, carbon-14)
  • (たん)()14(じゅうし)( ほう) (tanso jūshi hō, carbon-14 dating)
  • (たん)()クレジット (tanso kurejitto, carbon credit)
  • (たん)()(ちゅう)(りつ) (tanso chūritsu, carbon-neutral)
  • (たん)()()(ごう)(ぶつ) (tanso kagōbutsu, carbon compounds)
  • (たん)()(ぜい) (tansozei, carbon tax)
  • (たん)()(せん)() (tanso sen'i, carbon fiber)
  • (たん)()(こう) (tansokō, carbon steel)
  • ()(てい)(けい)(たん)() (muteikei tanso, amorphous carbon)
  • (さん)()(たん)() (sanka tanso, oxide of carbon)
  • (こう)(たん)()(こう) (kōtansokō, high-carbon steel)

Descendants

  • Korean: 탄소 (tanso)
  • Min Nan: 炭素 (thòaⁿ-sò͘)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

炭素 • (tanso) (hangeul 탄소)

  1. Hanja form? of 탄소 (carbon).
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