Japanese
Etymology
Compound of 炭 (tan, “coal”) + 素 (so, “element”), calque of Dutch koolstof (“carbon; coalstuff”). Compare also German Kohlenstoff, Luxembourgish Kuelestoff, Danish kulstof.
Considered to be used first in Udagawa Yōan's (宇田川榕菴, 1798 – 1846) book Introduction to Chemistry (舎密開宗, Seimi Kaisō), a compilation of various scientific books in Dutch.
Pronunciation
Noun
炭素 (hiragana たんそ, romaji tanso)
- carbon (chemical element)
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
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- 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
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Synonyms
Descendants
- Korean: 탄소 (tanso)
- Min Nan: 炭素 (thòaⁿ-sò͘)
References
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↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.