noun

  1. misery, distress.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
塗炭 とたん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

paint, plaster, daub
ぬ.る ト まみ.れる (Late Jr. High, N2)
surname, name of certain rivers
ト ズ チョ
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
too much, myself, surplus
ヨ あま.る あんま.り (5th, N3)
to assemble. to gather together
シュウ あつまる
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
tree, (木 variant)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
charcoal, coal
タン すみ (3rd, N2)
mountain
やま サン セン (1st, N5)
ashes, puckery juice, cremate
はい カイ (6th, N2)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
fire
ひ カ ほ- (1st, N5)
to divide
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)