塩

See also 鹽, and 盐

Translingual

shinjitai	塩
simplified	盐
traditional	鹽

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 鹽 (臣 → 土 and 鹵 → 口).

Han character

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

1. salt

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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Japanese

Etymology

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

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

Derived terms

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

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”).

Kanji

塩 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: えん (en)
• Kun: しお (shio)

Usage notes

Shinjitai

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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