Chinese symbol for “alkaline”
碱性
jiǎn xìng
Traditional: 鹼性
(chemistry) alkaline
The closest CC-CEDICT match for alkaline is 碱性 (jiǎn xìng), defined as: (chemistry) alkaline.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 碱性.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
| 男性 | nán xìng | the male sex; a male |
| 性质 (性質) | xìng zhì | nature; characteristic |
See also: Japanese symbol for “alkaline”.
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.