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鹼
鹼
Translingual
Han character
鹼 (radical 197 鹵+13, 24 strokes, cangjie input 卜田人一人 (YWOMO), four-corner 28686)
References
- KangXi: page 1508, character 4
 - Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47576
 - Dae Jaweon: page 2036, character 5
 - Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4611, character 21
 - Unihan data for U+9E7C
 
Chinese
| trad. | 鹼 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 碱 | |
| alt. forms | 
堿 鹻 碱 礆/硷  | 
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 鹼
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|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script | 
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (僉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 厱 | *raːm, *kʰreːm, *kʰlam | 
| 歛 | *qʰlaːm | 
| 臉 | *ɡr·reːmʔ, *skʰlam, *kramʔ | 
| 醶 | *ɡr·reːmʔ, *skʰraːmʔ | 
| 鹼 | *kreːmʔ, *skʰlam | 
| 薟 | *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰram | 
| 匳 | *ɡ·ram | 
| 獫 | *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams, *qʰramʔ | 
| 蘞 | *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰlam | 
| 籢 | *ɡ·ram | 
| 斂 | *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams | 
| 瀲 | *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams | 
| 撿 | *ɡ·ramʔ, *kramʔ | 
| 羷 | *ɡ·ramʔ | 
| 殮 | *ɡ·rams | 
| 簽 | *skʰlam | 
| 僉 | *skʰlam | 
| 憸 | *skʰlam, *skʰlamʔ, *sqʰlam, *qʰramʔ | 
| 譣 | *skʰlam, *qʰramʔ | 
| 檢 | *kramʔ | 
| 瞼 | *kramʔ | 
| 儉 | *ɡramʔ | 
| 顩 | *ŋramʔ, *rlɯmʔ, *kʰrɯmʔ | 
| 嬐 | *ŋramʔ | 
| 嶮 | *ŋramʔ, *hŋramʔ | 
| 噞 | *ŋramʔ, *ŋrams | 
| 驗 | *ŋrams | 
| 險 | *qʰramʔ | 
| 劒 | *kams | 
| 劍 | *kams | 
| 𩏩 | *qʰam | 
Pronunciation
-  Mandarin
-  (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
 - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
 - Wade-Giles: chien3
 - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
 - IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
 
 
 -  (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
 -  Cantonese
-  (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gaan2
 - Yale: gáan
 - Cantonese Pinyin: gaan2
 - IPA (key): /kɑːn³⁵/
 
 
 -  (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
 -  Min Nan
-  (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiⁿ
 - Tâi-lô: kinn
 - Phofsit Daibuun: kvy
 - IPA (Xiamen): /kĩ⁴⁴/
 - IPA (Quanzhou): /kĩ³³/
 - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kĩ⁴⁴/
 - IPA (Taipei): /kĩ⁴⁴/
 - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kĩ⁴⁴/
 
 
 -  (Hokkien)
 
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 鹼 | 鹼 | 
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) | 見 (28) | 
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (153) | 咸 (151) | 
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) | 
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | 
| Division (等) | III | II | 
| Fanqie | 七廉切 | 古斬切 | 
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang  | 
/t͡sʰiᴇm/ | /kˠɛmX/ | 
| Pan Wuyun  | 
/t͡sʰiɛm/ | /kᵚæmX/ | 
| Shao Rongfen  | 
/t͡sʰjæm/ | /kɐmX/ | 
| Edwin Pulleyblank  | 
/t͡sʰiam/ | /kəɨmX/ | 
| Li Rong  | 
/t͡sʰiɛm/ | /kɐmX/ | 
| Wang Li  | 
/t͡sʰĭɛm/ | /kɐmX/ | 
| Bernard Karlgren  | 
/t͡sʰi̯ɛm/ | /kămX/ | 
| Expected Mandarin Reflex  | 
qiān | jiǎn | 
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 鹼 | 鹼 | 
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 
| No. | 10182 | 10204 | 
| Phonetic component  | 
僉 | 僉 | 
| Rime group  | 
談 | 談 | 
| Rime subdivision  | 
2 | 1 | 
| Corresponding MC rime  | 
鹼 | 籤 | 
| Old Chinese  | 
/*kreːmʔ/ | /*skʰlam/ | 
Definitions
鹼
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
鹼
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Readings
Vietnamese
Han character
鹼 (dảm)
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