堿

堿 U+583F, 堿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-583F ← 堾 [U+583E] CJK Unified Ideographs 塀 → [U+5840]

Translingual

Han character

堿 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土戈竹口 (GIHR), four-corner 4315₀, composition ⿰土咸)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 234, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5310
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 461, character 10
• Unihan data for U+583F

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 堿 – see 鹼 (“sodium carbonate; alkali; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 鹼).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		堿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎn (kan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan³
    • Yale: kǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaan
    • Palladius: кань (kanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän²¹⁴/

Definitions

堿

1. Only used in 堿坷.

Japanese

Kanji

堿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan); こん (kon)

Vietnamese

Han character

堿: Hán Nôm readings: kiềm

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References

• Nom Foundation