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Japanese symbol for “salts”

Romaji: enrui
salt; salts

In Japanese, salts is , read (enrui).

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Meanings

  1. n salt; salts

Kanji and stroke order

salt
on: エン
kun: しお
13 strokes · JLPT 2
sort, kind, variety
on: ルイ
kun: たぐ.い
18 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
えんぶん enbunsalt; salt content; amount of salt
しおみず shiomizusalt water; brine
えんそ ensochlorine (Cl)
しおあじ shioajisalty taste; saltiness
えんか enkachloridation; salification
えんさん ensanhydrochloric acid
しゅるい shuruivariety; kind; type
じんるい jinruimankind; humanity

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.