Character: 鹼
Modern (Beijing) reading: jiǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese: krēmʔ
Classic Old Chinese: krḗm
Western Han Chinese: krjā́m
Eastern Han Chinese: kriā́m
Early Postclassic Chinese: kiẹ̄́m
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kiẹ̄́m
Late Postclassic Chinese: kiẹ̄́m
Middle Chinese: kạ̈́m
English meaning : lump of earth [Han]
Comments: Also read *cham (~ćh-,-e-), MC chjem (FQ 七廉), Go, Kan sen 'buck, lye'.
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Go-on: ken
Kan-on: kan
Japanese reading: kan;ken;sen;aku
