碱

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(chemistry) base; alkali; soda

14 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,275 U+78B1

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

石 (semantic, “mineral”) + 咸 (phonetic, xián)

components: 石咸

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 咸

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 咸 (xián) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
咸 sound component	xián	all, together, united; salted
减	jiǎn	to decrease, to subtract, to diminish
喊	hǎn	to shout, to yell, to call out; to howl; to cry
缄	jiān	to seal, to close, to bind; a letter
箴	zhēn	needle, probe; to admonish, to warn
觱	bì	Tartar horn; chill wind
堿	jiǎn	salty

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
碱水面包	jiǎn shuǐ miàn bāo	bread made with a lye solution; (esp.) pretzel
生物碱	shēng wù jiǎn	alkaloid
千碱基对	qiān jiǎn jī duì	kilobase pair (molecular biology)
碱性土	jiǎn xìng tǔ	alkaline soil
碱性金属	jiǎn xìng jīn shǔ	alkali metal
碱基对	jiǎn jī duì	base pair (molecular biology)
碱性电池	jiǎn xìng diàn chí	alkaline battery
碱土金属	jiǎn tǔ jīn shǔ	alkaline earth (i.e. beryllium Be 鈹\|铍, magnesium Mg 鎂\|镁, calcium Ca 鈣\|钙, strontium Sr 鍶\|锶,…
乌头碱	wū tóu jiǎn	(organic chemistry) aconitine
碱基配对	jiǎn jī pèi duì	base pairing (e.g. adenine A 腺嘌呤 pairs with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 in DNA); base pair
核碱基	hé jiǎn jī	nucleobase
麻黄碱	má huáng jiǎn	ephedrine
去氧麻黄碱	qù yǎng má huáng jiǎn	methamphetamine
碱性蓝	jiǎn xìng lán	alkali blue
脱氧麻黄碱	tuō yǎng má huáng jiǎn	methamphetamine
碱水	jiǎn shuǐ	lye water; alkaline water (used in cooking)
碱性	jiǎn xìng	(chemistry) alkaline
碱化	jiǎn huà	to make basic or alkaline; alkalization (chemistry)
烟碱酸	yān jiǎn suān	variant of 菸鹼酸\|烟碱酸[yan1 jian3 suan1]
烟碱酸	yān jiǎn suān	niacin (vitamin B3); nicotinic acid; Pyridine-3-carboxylic acid C6H5NO2