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塩

Salt
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingエン
Kun readingしお
JōyōGrade 4Level 17
  1. common salt
  2. table salt
  3. sodium chloride
  4. hardship

Homonyms

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Same reading (しお)
潮 · tide

Popular Usage

食塩塩辛い

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · reclining · lying down · mouth (口) · dish (皿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1568

Compound words

食塩しょくえん
table salt
塩辛いしおからい
salty (taste); briny
塩化えんか
chloridation; salification; chloride
塩基えんき
base
塩酸えんさん
hydrochloric acid
塩素えんそ
chlorine (Cl)
塩田えんでん
saltpan; field for drying salt
塩分えんぶん
salt; salt content
塩味しおあじ
salty taste; saltiness
岩塩がんえん
halite; rock salt
塩水しおみず
salt water; brine
塩梅あんばい
seasoning; flavour; flavor; taste; condition
一塩ひとしお
slightly salted
塩麹しおこうじ
salted kōji (traditional condiment)
塩鮭しおざけ
salted salmon
塩煮しおに
boiling in salted water (e.g. fish)
塩辛しおから
shiokara
塩湯しおゆ
hot salt water
塩豆しおまめ
salted beans
塩鱒しおます
salted mackerel
塩類えんるい
salts
ひと塩ひとしお
slightly salted
塩化錫えんかすず
tin chloride
塩化物えんかぶつ
chloride

Additional Examples

彼は私に塩を分けてくれた。
He spared me some salt.tatoeba
彼は私に塩をくれた。
He gave me the salt.tatoeba
彼は間違ってコーヒーに塩を入れた。
He put salt into his cup of coffee by mistake.tatoeba
塩辛い味付けの団子
Dango with salty flavoringwiki
醤油由来の塩辛い味付けの団子。
It is dango with salty soy-sauce flavoring.wiki

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Salt. 土 (earth) + 皿 (dish) — salt evaporated from brine in a dish.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 塩

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