鹼
jiǎn

alkaline

Phonosemantic compound. 鹵 represents the meaning and 僉 represents the sound.

Components

鹵
鹵 Meaning component
salt
僉
僉 Sound component
together

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkreːmʔ
skʰlam

說文解字

鹵也。从鹽省，僉聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

硷 jiǎn alkaline Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 佥 represents the sound. Simplified form of 礆.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
佥
佥 Sound component
qiān together

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode