塩

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms 2.2.2 See also 2.3 Kanji 2.3.1 Readings 2.3.2 Usage notes 3 Korean 3.1 Hanja 4 Mandarin 4.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

塩 (radical 32 土+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土人口廿 (GORT))

1. salt

[edit] References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 236, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5382
• Dae Jaweon: page 474, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 1, page 472, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5869

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology

/siho/: [shipo] > [shiɸo] > [shiwo] > [shio].

[edit] Noun

塩 (hiragana しお, romaji shio, historical hiragana しほ)

1. salty white substance; salt

塩 (hiragana えん, romaji en)

1. (Chemical) substance that is mostly made in neutralization, such as sodium chloride

   hydrogen ion of acid is replaced by metal ion or metallic ion

[edit] Derived terms

• ごま塩 (ごましお, goma shio), “‘sesame and salt’”)

[edit] See also

• 結晶 (けっしょう, kesshō), “‘crystal’”)

  as in 塩の結晶 (しおのけっしょう, shio no kesshō), “‘salt crystal’”).

[edit] Kanji

塩 (grade 4 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: えん (en)
• Kun: しお (shio)

[edit] Usage notes

Shinjitai

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

塩 (hangeul 염, revised yeom, McCune-Reischauer yŏm)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

塩 (pinyin yán (yan2), Wade-Giles yen²)