Chinese symbol for “alkali”
碱
jiǎn
Traditional: 鹼
(chemistry) base; alkali; soda
The closest CC-CEDICT match for alkali is 碱 (jiǎn), defined as: (chemistry) base; alkali; soda.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 碱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 碱性 (鹼性) | jiǎn xìng | (chemistry) alkaline |
| 胆碱 (膽鹼) | dǎn jiǎn | choline (amine related to vitamin B complex) |
| 碱基 (鹼基) | jiǎn jī | chemical base; nucleobase |
| 碱金属 (鹼金屬) | jiǎn jīn shǔ | alkali metal |
| 生物碱 (生物鹼) | shēng wù jiǎn | alkaloid |
| 纯碱 (純鹼) | chún jiǎn | sodium carbonate; soda ash; Na2CO3 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “alkali”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.