漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
塩: salt
JLPT N213 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
土 carries the meaning · 監 gives the sound
13 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
エンen · on'yomi · in compounds
- 塩分えんぶんsalt, salt content
- 塩酸えんさんhydrochloric acid
- 塩素えんそchlorine
- 塩害えんがいsalt-air damage
- 食塩しょくえんtable salt
しおshio · kun'yomi · on its own
- 塩しおsalt
- 塩味しおあじsalty flavor
- 塩辛いしおからいsalty
- 塩水しおみずsalt water, brine
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a cross planted firmly in the ground—that's 土! It shows a stake or a seedling marking the earth, reminding us of farming, construction, and the solid foundation upon which we build our lives and cities.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
監
Also built on oversee (監)
The 監 family reads カン (kan); 塩 is read エン.
In ChineseSimplified 盐 · traditional 鹽 · yán
Three different forms: Japanese 塩, simplified 盐, traditional 鹽.
- Simplified
- 盐 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 鹽 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yán most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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