鹸 = 鹵 + 㑒

鹸 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “alkaline”. It is built from 鹵 (saline soil) and 㑒 (awl).

Keyword: alkaline
Pinyin (Mandarin): jiǎn
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: alkaline, alkali, lye, salt, льняная, соленая, щелочная, alkali, lye, salt
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 鹸 lye

Decomposition

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鹵 saline soil
㑒 awl

How to find 鹸 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “saline soil” + “awl”. 鹸 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 鹸 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.