鹸

See also: 鹼

鹸 U+9E78, 鹸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E78 ← 鹷 [U+9E77] CJK Unified Ideographs 鹹 → [U+9E79]

Translingual

Traditional	鹼
Shinjitai (extended)	鹸
Simplified	碱

Han character

鹸 (Kangxi radical 197, 鹵+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 難卜田人一 (XYWOM) or 卜田人一人 (YWOMO), composition ⿰鹵㑒)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1507, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4610, character 13
• Unihan data for U+9E78

Chinese

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

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	鹸
Kyūjitai	鹼

Kanji

鹸

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鹼)

1. (chemistry) base, alkali

Readings

From Middle Chinese 鹼 (MC keamX); compare Mandarin 鹼／碱 (jiǎn):

• Go-on: けん (ken)^{←けん (ken, historical)←けむ (kemu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan)^{←かん (kan, historical)←かむ (kamu, ancient)}

From Middle Chinese 鹼 (MC tshjem):

• Go-on: せん (sen)^{←せん (sen, historical)←せむ (semu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: せん (sen)^{←せん (sen, historical)←せむ (semu, ancient)}
• Kan’yō-on: けん (ken)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: あく (aku, 鹸)、しおけ (shioke, 鹸)

Alternative forms

• 鹻

Compounds

• 鹸(けん)化(か)／鹼(けん)化(か) (kenka)
• 石(せっ)鹸(けん)／石(せっ)鹼(けん) (sekken)