碱

See also: 鹼 and 硷

碱 U+78B1, 碱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78B1 ← 碰 [U+78B0] CJK Unified Ideographs 碲 → [U+78B2]

Translingual

Traditional	鹼
Shinjitai (extended)	鹸
Simplified	碱

Han character

碱 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一口戈竹口 (MRIHR), four-corner 1365₀, composition ⿰石咸)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 833, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24361
• Dae Jaweon: page 1250, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2442, character 5
• Unihan data for U+78B1

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 石 + phonetic 僉 (OC *skʰlam).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 碱 – see 鹼 (“sodium carbonate; alkali; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 鹼).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		碱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xián (xian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Southern Min (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ham¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sián
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²
    • Yale: syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: ham¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ham³⁵/

Definitions

碱

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.

References

• zi.tools

Japanese

Kanji

碱

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: けん (ken)、せん (sen)
• Kan-on: かん (kan)、せん (sen)
• Kan’yō-on: けん (ken)