炭素

Chinese
charcoal plain; element
trad. (炭素) 炭 素
simp. #(炭素) 炭 素

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 炭 (たん)素 (そ) (tanso).

Pronunciation

Noun

炭素

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) carbon

Japanese
Chemical element
C Previous: ホウ素 (そ) (hōso) (B)
Next: 窒 (ちっ)素 (そ) (chisso) (N)
Kanji in this term
炭 素
たん
Grade: 3		 そ
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

炭素 (hiragana たんそ, rōmaji tanso)

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

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 炭素鋼 (tansokō): carbon steel
  • 炭素税 (tansozei): carbon tax
  • 炭素繊維 (tanso sen'i): carbon fiber
  • 炭素中立 (tanso chūritsu): carbon-neutral
  • 炭素１４, 炭素一四 (tanso jūshi): carbon-14
  • 炭素１４法, 炭素一四法 (tanso jūshihō): carbon-14 dating
  • 炭素クレジット (tanso kurejitto): carbon credit
  • 炭素化合物 (tanso kagōbutsu): carbon compounds
  • 高炭素鋼 (kōtansokō): high-carbon steel
  • 含水炭素 (gansui tanso): carbohydrate
  • 酸化炭素 (sanka tanso): carbon oxide
  • 一酸化炭素 (issanka tanso): carbon monoxide
  • 四塩化炭素 (shienka tanso): carbon tetrachloride
  • 次酸化炭素 (jisanka tanso): carbon suboxide
  • 二酸化炭素 (nisanka tanso): carbon dioxide
  • 二硫化炭素 (niryūka tanso): carbon disulfide
  • 放射性炭素 (hōshasei tanso): radiocarbon
  • 無定形炭素 (muteikei tanso): amorphous carbon
  • 一酸化炭素中毒 (issanka tanso chūdoku): carbon monoxide poisoning
  • 二酸化炭素排出権 (nisanka tanso-haishutsuken): right to emit carbon dioxide
  • 二酸化炭素削減義務 (nisanka tanso sakugen gimu): carbon dioxide reducing obligation
  • 二酸化炭素削減目標 (nisanka tanso sakugen mokuhyō): CO2-reduction goal
  • 放射性炭素年代測定 (hōshasei tanso nendai sokutei): radiocarbon dating

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

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