Word Meaning 煉炭

れんたん rentan

煉炭 is read as れんたん (rentan) and means briquette (charcoal or coal).

Meaning

English

briquette (charcoal or coal)

Reading

Kana

れんたん

Romaji

rentan

Writing Variants

練炭れんたん rentan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

煉瓦

れんが

brick

石炭

いしずみ

coal

泥炭

すくも

peat

炭

すみ

charcoal

木炭

きずみ

charcoal

採炭

さいたん

coal mining

薪炭

しんたん

wood and charcoal

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)

Example Sentences

煉炭を暖房に使う。

れんたんをだんぼうにつかう。

Use coal briquettes for heating.