懂中文 Dong Chinese

鹼

jiǎn

alkaline

Phonosemantic compound. 鹵 represents the meaning and 僉 represents the sound.

Components
鹵 meaning component

鹵  Meaning component

lǔ

  

salt

僉 sound component

僉  Sound component

qiān

  

together

Evolution

鹼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鹼 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

硷 (鹼) 

jiǎn

alkaline, alkali, lye, salt

碱 (鹼) 

jiǎn

base; alkali; soda (chemistry)

Most common words with 鹼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

碱

base

胆碱

choline (amine related to vitamin B complex)

碱性

alkaline

麻黄碱

ephedrine

生物碱

alkaloid