碳化 tànhuà carbonize; carbonization Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 碳 tàn noun carbon nonmetallic element (C); the essential component of organic matter, existing in nature as diamond, graphite, and coal化 huà affixparticle [...-ize] Suffix appearing after nouns or adjectives that expresses a transformation into a certain state or quality, meaning "-ize" or "-ization"