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黑炭

hēi tàn

2-character word

What 黑炭 means

1. coal
2. charcoal
3. (of skin) darkly pigmented
4. charcoal (color)
5. bituminous coal (mining)

The characters in 黑炭

• 黑hēiblack; dark; sinister
• 炭tànwood charcoal; coal

Sounds the same

Read hēi tàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

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