塩 – salt

13 strokesTaught in grade 4#1148 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 塩 means salt. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is エン (en); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しお (shio). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	エン	en
Kun’yomi	しお	shio

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: 口・皿・土・ノ・一・人・乞.

Words using 塩

塩しおsalt食塩しょくえんtable salt塩辛いしおからいsalty (taste)塩辛しおからshiokara

Example sentences

このスープは塩が少し足りない。

This soup wants a bit of salt.

Tatoeba #223651

めんどうですが食塩をとっていただけませんか。

May I trouble you for the salt?

Tatoeba #194578

このカツオの塩辛は塩辛すぎる。

These salted bonito guts are too salty for me.

Tatoeba #223902

Kanji with the same radical

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