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

Chemical element
C
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Kanji in this term
たん
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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

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

Descendants

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

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: 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)