纯碱
chún​jiǎn

soda ash

纯 chún pure Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 屯 represents the sound. Simplified form of 純.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

屯
屯 Sound component
tún, zhūn village

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

莼

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
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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

純 chún pure Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 屯 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

屯
屯 Sound component
tún, zhūn village

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蒓

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzywin[d]u[n] pure, unmixed
dzywin[d]u[n] silken

說文解字

《說文》：“純，絲也。从糸，屯聲。《論語》曰：‘今也純儉。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

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

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