See also:

U+9E78, 鹸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E78

[U+9E77]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9E79]

Translingual

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Traditional
Shinjitai
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Simplified

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 197, +8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 難卜田人一 (XYWOM) or 卜田人一人 (YWOMO), composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1507, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4610, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+9E78

Chinese

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“sodium carbonate; alkali; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese

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Shinjitai
(extended)

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. (chemistry) base, alkali

Readings

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From Middle Chinese (MC keamX); compare Mandarin (jiǎn):

  • Go-on: けん (ken)けん (ken, historical)けむ (kemu, ancient)
  • Kan-on: かん (kan)かん (kan, historical)かむ (kamu, ancient)

From Middle Chinese (MC tshjem):

From native Japanese roots:

Alternative forms

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Compounds

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