Read Edit View history 炭 tàn HSK7 charcoal Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 岸 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas tàn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Charcoal is made from burning wood. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 炭 Simp strokes 炭 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 炭 Simp strokes 炭 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 炭 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 486, 821 ], [ 525, 782 ], [ 513, 655 ], [ 496, 636 ] ], [ [ 302, 741 ], [ 319, 718 ], [ 330, 688 ], [ 314, 576 ], [ 355, 574 ], [ 569, 627 ], [ 668, 639 ], [ 685, 654 ] ], [ [ 720, 793 ], [ 748, 743 ], [ 722, 664 ], [ 701, 572 ] ], [ [ 203, 424 ], [ 230, 416 ], [ 265, 417 ], [ 413, 440 ], [ 664, 491 ], [ 733, 497 ], [ 767, 490 ] ], [ [ 396, 558 ], [ 418, 541 ], [ 425, 522 ], [ 377, 382 ], [ 331, 286 ], [ 275, 197 ], [ 220, 129 ], [ 149, 62 ], [ 108, 36 ] ], [ [ 397, 300 ], [ 436, 258 ], [ 456, 226 ] ], [ [ 734, 384 ], [ 752, 364 ], [ 758, 345 ], [ 657, 255 ] ], [ 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99 38 Q 95 28 105 27 Q 141 24 244 122 Q 257 137 271 152 Q 370 270 423 424 L 438 464 Q 441 473 457 502 Q 470 514 466 528 Q 454 549 425 573 C 403 593 386 592 388 562 Q 394 528 370 453 L 356 411 Z", "M 387 286 Q 403 258 420 229 Q 435 208 451 205 Q 464 201 476 218 Q 480 231 474 255 Q 467 273 446 285 Q 412 307 398 313 Q 388 317 385 305 Q 382 298 387 286 Z", "M 714 343 Q 698 318 647 258 Q 637 242 654 245 Q 705 269 753 298 Q 772 313 796 322 Q 818 331 808 349 Q 795 365 771 381 Q 749 396 735 393 Q 722 392 726 379 Q 729 360 714 343 Z", "M 580 216 Q 595 265 608 334 Q 612 359 618 370 Q 625 377 619 388 Q 613 395 583 407 Q 549 423 534 418 Q 521 412 532 395 Q 571 296 500 157 Q 491 145 483 132 Q 435 63 285 -6 Q 260 -19 290 -19 Q 372 -22 471 45 Q 492 61 511 85 Q 553 133 572 190 L 580 216 Z", "M 572 190 Q 644 91 725 0 Q 747 -25 787 -28 Q 857 -35 933 -25 Q 952 -24 954 -19 Q 957 -12 942 -6 Q 771 66 744 84 Q 677 129 629 171 Q 598 202 580 216 C 557 235 554 214 572 190 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical 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