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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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