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Kanji Detail for 硝 - "nitrate, saltpeter, glass"

硝

  • Meaning

    硝 means "nitrate, saltpeter, glass."

    1. Nitrate - A chemical compound.

    2. Saltpeter - Used in gunpowder.

    3. Glass - Made from silica.

  • Four-character idioms with 硝

    • 硝煙弾雨 しょうえんだんう Listen smoke of powder and hail of bullets; (in) the thick of the raging battle

  • Tattoo check: 硝

    • Verified meaning: nitrate, saltpeter, glass
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かつのり, かつまた, かつもと, かつよし)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 硝

    Given names 硝(かつよし)Listen

    Surnames 硝(かつのり)Listen 硝(かつまた)Listen 硝(かつもと)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    nitrate; saltpeter

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    saltpeter, niter; to tan

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    saltpeter; to tan (leather)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    saltpeter; to tan leather

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A type of mineral. Crystalline and transparent. When burned, emits a beautiful purple light. Used in making gunpowder and glass, etc.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    石 (ishi・ishihen)

  • Related Keywords

    nitrate saltpeter glass mineral chemical compound explosives fertilizer fireworks gunpowder oxidizer combustion propellant silica nitric acid

Sentences including 硝

  • When the large glass door opened, an automatic bell sound rang loudly around the vegetation.

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