石炭

せきたん

coal

What does 石炭 mean?

石炭 is a Japanese noun meaning coal in English. It is written as 石炭 in kanji, せきたん in hiragana, and sekitan in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.

Example sentence

石炭を石油の代わりに使いました。

They substituted coal for oil.