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jiǎn

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jiǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiǎn | jian3
English translation
alkaline, alkali, lye, salt

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About jiǎn

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Number of strokes

24

Traditional form

jiǎn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

salt

Etymology of jiǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

鹵僉

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

qiān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Shí represents the meaning and Xián represents the sound. Simplified form of jiǎn .

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Words with jiǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
jiǎn base jiǎn
胆碱 dǎn jiǎn choline (amine related to vitamin B complex)膽鹼
碱性 jiǎn xìng alkaline鹼性
麻黄碱 má huáng jiǎn ephedrine麻黃鹼
生物碱 shēng wù jiǎn alkaloid生物鹼
盐碱 yán jiǎn saline and alkaline (earth)鹽鹼
盐碱地 yán jiǎn dì saline soil鹽鹼地
茶碱 chá jiǎn Theophylline茶鹼
烧碱 shāo jiǎn caustic soda NaOH燒鹼
碱基 jiǎn jī chemical base鹼基
纯碱 chún jiǎn soda ash純鹼
肉碱 ròu jiǎn carnitine (biochemistry)肉鹼
烟碱 yān jiǎn nicotine煙鹼
碱化 jiǎn huà to make basic or alkaline鹼化
碱基对 jiǎn jī duì base pair (molecular biology)鹼基對
强碱 qiáng jiǎn strong alkali強鹼
碱度 jiǎn dù alkalinity鹼度
碱金属 jiǎn jīn shǔ alkali metal鹼金屬
耐碱 nài jiǎn alkali-resistant耐鹼
弱碱 ruò jiǎn weak base (alkali)弱鹼
碱土金属 jiǎn tǔ jīn shǔ alkaline earth (i.e. beryllium Be |, magnesium Mg měi | měi , calcium Ca gài | gài , strontium Sr |, barium Ba bèi | bèi and radium Ra | léi )鹼土金屬
碱性岩 jiǎn xìng yán basic rock鹼性巖
碱土 jiǎn tǔ alkaline soil鹼土
碱性土 jiǎn xìng tǔ alkaline soil鹼性土

jiǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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