烧炭

Traditional form:

燒炭

Pinyin (reading):

shāotàn

Definitions:

• to manufacture charcoal
• to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning)

Characters:

• 烧 - to burn, to bake; to heat, to roast
• 炭 - carbon, charcoal, coal

Traditional characters:

• 燒 - to burn, to bake; to heat, to roast
• 炭 - carbon, charcoal, coal