Word Meaning くん炭

くんたん kuntan

くん炭 is read as くんたん (kuntan) and means rice husk ash (used for soil conditioning).

Meaning

English

rice husk ash (used for soil conditioning)

Reading

Kana

くんたん

Romaji

kuntan

Writing Variants

燻炭くんたん kuntan

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 145046 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

石炭

せきたん

coal

泥炭

でいたん

peat

炭

すみ

charcoal

木炭

もくたん

charcoal

採炭

さいたん

coal mining

活性炭

かっせいたん

activated charcoal

備長炭

びんちょうずみ

high-grade charcoal produced from ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)

出炭

しゅったん

coal production

後炭

ごずみ

second adding of charcoal to the fire (in tea ceremony)

後の炭

のちのすみ

second adding of charcoal to the fire (tea ceremony)

小炭

こずみ

small charcoal

選炭

せんたん

coal dressing