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碱 — Chinese character

碱
jiǎn
alkaline, alkali, lye, salt

Pinyin
jiǎn
Radical
112 ⽯ (Stone)
Strokes
14
Components
石 咸
Formation
pictophonetic — mineral; meaning component 石; sound component 咸

Common words with 碱

WordPinyinMeaning
碱性 (鹼性)jiǎn xìng(chemistry) alkaline
胆碱 (膽鹼)dǎn jiǎncholine (amine related to vitamin B complex)
碱基 (鹼基)jiǎn jīchemical base; nucleobase
碱金属 (鹼金屬)jiǎn jīn shǔalkali metal
生物碱 (生物鹼)shēng wù jiǎnalkaloid
纯碱 (純鹼)chún jiǎnsodium carbonate; soda ash; Na2CO3
强碱 (強鹼)qiáng jiǎnstrong alkali
烧碱 (燒鹼)shāo jiǎncaustic soda; sodium hydroxide NaOH
盐碱地 (鹽鹼地)yán jiǎn dìsaline soil; (fig.) infertile woman
盐碱 (鹽鹼)yán jiǎnsaline and alkaline (earth)
乙酰胆碱 (乙酰膽鹼)yǐ xiān dǎn jiǎnacetylcholine ACh (amine related to vitamin B complex)
碱基对 (鹼基對)jiǎn jī duìbase pair (molecular biology)

English words written with 碱

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.