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Taxonomy of meanings for 炭:　　

炭 tàn (OC: thaans MC: tʰɑn) 他旦切去廣韻：【火炭又姓西京雜記有長安炭虯他旦切六】
- COAL
  - nm(typically hot) charcoal; glowing charcoal (often made of mulberry wood)
- SOOT
  - nmcoaldust
- PROBLEM
- DIRTY
- ASH
- LIME
- CONCRETE,
  MATERIAL
- GASES
- SURNAMES

Additional information about 炭

Criteria

COAL

1. The standard word for charcoal is tàn 炭.

Current post-Buddhist words for coal were 石煤，石墨，石炭. Méi tàn 煤炭 is first attested in Sòng times.

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