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Translingual

Han character

(radical 197 +13, 24 strokes, cangjie input 卜田人一人 (YWOMO), four-corner 28686)

  1. alkaline, alkali, lye, salt

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.
simp.
alt. forms


Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*raːm, *kʰreːm, *kʰlam
*qʰlaːm
*ɡr·reːmʔ, *skʰlam, *kramʔ
*ɡr·reːmʔ, *skʰraːmʔ
*kreːmʔ, *skʰlam
*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰram
*ɡ·ram
*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams, *qʰramʔ
*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰlam
*ɡ·ram
*ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams
*ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams
*ɡ·ramʔ, *kramʔ
*ɡ·ramʔ
*ɡ·rams
*skʰlam
*skʰlam
*skʰlam, *skʰlamʔ, *sqʰlam, *qʰramʔ
*skʰlam, *qʰramʔ
*kramʔ
*kramʔ
*ɡramʔ
*ŋramʔ, *rlɯmʔ, *kʰrɯmʔ
*ŋramʔ
*ŋramʔ, *hŋramʔ
*ŋramʔ, *ŋrams
*ŋrams
*qʰramʔ
*kams
*kams
𩏩 *qʰam

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (14) (28)
Final () (153) (151)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III II
Fanqie
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
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 10182 10204
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kreːmʔ/ /*skʰlam/

Definitions

  1. (chemistry) base

Compounds

  • 純鹼纯碱
  • 苛性鹼苛性碱
  • 茶葉鹼茶叶碱
  • 茶鹼茶碱
  • 菸鹼烟碱
  • 菸鹼酸烟碱酸
  • 酸鹼值酸碱值
  • 酸鹼度酸碱度
  • 鹼中毒碱中毒
  • 鹼化碱化 (jiǎnhuà)
  • 鹼土碱土 (jiǎntǔ)
  • 鹼土金屬碱土金属 (jiǎntǔ jīnshǔ)
  • 鹼地碱地

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Vietnamese

Han character

(dảm)

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