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Kanji Detail for 塩 - "salt, sodium"

塩

  • Meaning

    塩 means "salt, sodium."

    1. Salt - A mineral for seasoning.

    2. Chlorine - A chemical element.

    3. Pickle - To preserve in brine.

  • Words using 塩

    • 塩素 えんそ Listen chlorine (Cl)
    • 塩分 えんぶん Listen salt; salt content; amount of salt
    • 塩化 えんか Listen chloridation; salification; chloride
    • 食塩 しょくえん Listen table salt
    • 塩基 えんき Listen base
    • 塩田 えんでん Listen saltpan; field for drying salt
    • 塩水 しおみず Listen salt water; brine
    • 塩味 しおあじ Listen salty taste; saltiness

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    • Verified meaning: salt, sodium
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read えん, しお)

    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 塩

    Given names 塩(しお)Listen

    Surnames 塩(えん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    salt

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    salt

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 鹽|盐

  • Onyomi

    tip

    en(エン) エン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    shio(しお) しお

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords

    salt sodium chlorine pickling season brine condiment cooking flavor mineral preservation saline sea seasoning

Sentences including 塩

  • Did you put in any salt?

  • He gave me the salt.

  • How do you feel?

  • Can you pass me the salt , please?

  • Could you please pass me the salt?

  • Would you pass me the salt , please?

  • Would you be kind enough to pass the salt?

  • Pass me the salt , please.

  • Advice is like salt.

  • He put salt into his cup of coffee by mistake.

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