塩
塩 — Salt
salt
On’yomiエン (en)
Kun’yomiしお (shio)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 塩
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 塩 | しお shio | salt; common salt; table salt |
| 塩素 | えんそ enso | chlorine (Cl) |
| 塩分 | えんぶん enbun | salt; salt content; amount of salt |
| 塩化 | えんか enka | chloridation; salification; chloride |
| 食塩 | しょくえん shokuen | table salt |
| 塩基 | えんき enki | base |
Study notes
塩 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 4), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1148 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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