硷

See also: 礆, 鹼, and 碱

硷 U+7877, 硷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7877 ← 硶 [U+7876] CJK Unified Ideographs 硸 → [U+7878]

Translingual

Han character

硷 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一口人一一 (MROMM), four-corner 1861₉, composition ⿰石佥)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 831, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2434, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7877

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 礆 (僉 → 佥).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 硷 – see 鹼 (“sodium carbonate; alkali; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 礆, which is in turn a variant form of 鹼).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.