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炭素 (たんそ): carbon (C) — Japanese vocabulary

炭素 is read たんそ and means "carbon (C)". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

炭素

Reading
たんそ · tanso
Translation
carbon (C)
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
たんそが

Example

石炭は大部分が炭素から成っている。

せきたんはだいぶぶんがたんそからなっている。

Coal consists mostly of carbon.

Kanji in this word

  • 炭 — Charcoal, Coal
  • 素 — element, plain

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