塩

See also: 𥂁
塩 U+5869, 塩
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5869
← 塨
[U+5868] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 塪 →
[U+586A]

Translingual
Traditional 鹽
Shinjitai 塩
Simplified 盐

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), composition ⿰土𬐚)

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

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 塩 – see 鹽 (“salt; salty substance, especially table salt; salt; etc.”).
(This character, 塩, is a variant form of 鹽.)

Japanese

Shinjitai

 塩

Kyūjitai

 鹽

Kanji
塩

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鹽)

Readings

Compounds
Compounds

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
塩
しお
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

/siho/: [ɕipo] > [ɕiɸo] > [ɕiwo] > [ɕio].

Pronunciation

Noun

塩 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 鹽, hiragana しお, rōmaji shio, historical hiragana しほ)

  1. salt
    塩 (しお)の結 (けっ)晶 (しょう)
    shio no kesshō
    salt crystal

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
塩
えん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 鹽 (MC jiᴇm, “salt”) and 鹽 (MC jiᴇmH, “to salt; salting”).

For the “chlorine” sense, see 塩素 (enso).

Pronunciation

Affix

塩 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 鹽, hiragana えん, rōmaji en)

  1. salt
  2. to salt; salting
  3. (chemistry) chlorine
  4. (chemistry) salt

Noun

塩 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 鹽, hiragana えん, rōmaji en)

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

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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