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鹼 — 24 strokes / Radical「鹵」

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On
ケン・カン・センけん・かん・せん · ken · kan · sen
Kun
あ.くa.ku
Meaning
alkali; soap

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Salt 鹵 with 僉 as phonetic: a salt strong with lye; used in the word for soap.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 石鹼せっけん

    soap

  • 鹼化けんか

    saponification

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

外(そと)から帰(かえ)って石鹼(せっけん)で手(て)を洗(あら)った。

I came in from outside and washed my hands with soap.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

鹼化石鹼鹼化change石stone鹵salt鹹salty亘extend…亙extend…舛go aga…尖pointe…函box
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

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