皂碱
zào​jiǎn

soap

皂 zào soap

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

唣

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzuːʔ

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

碱 jiǎn alkaline Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 咸 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鹼.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
咸
咸 Sound component
xián all

Sources

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Unicode

鹼 jiǎn alkaline Traditional

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

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