艾炭

Mandarin · pinyin ài tàn

Meanings

  1. carbonized mugwort leaf (TCM)
  2. Folium Artemisiae argyi carbonisatum
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艾
ài · artemisia, mugwort
炭
tàn · charcoal; coal; carbon
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4–4 · ai4 tan4

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ngaai6 taan3

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