塩 — kanji meaning “salt”
塩
salt
- Meanings
- salt
- On'yomi
- エン (en)
- Kun'yomi
- しお
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1148 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 32
- Chinese reading
- yán
Words with 塩
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 塩分 | えんぶん enbun | salt; salt content; amount of salt |
| 塩水 | しおみず shiomizu | salt water; brine |
| 塩素 | えんそ enso | chlorine (Cl) |
| 塩味 | しおあじ shioaji | salty taste; saltiness |
| 塩化 | えんか enka | chloridation; salification |
| 塩酸 | えんさん ensan | hydrochloric acid |
| 食塩 | しょくえん shokuen | table salt |
| 岩塩 | がんえん gan'en | halite; rock salt |
| 塩基 | えんき enki | base |
| 塩漬け | しおづけ shiozuke | pickling in salt; food preserved in salt |
| 塩田 | えんでん enden | saltpan; field for drying salt |
| 塩焼き | しおやき shioyaki | grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt |
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