Question

塩 しお 塩(しお): (1) salt (i.e. sodium chloride); common salt; table salt (2) salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.)食塩(しょくえん): table salt塩辛い(しおからい): salty (taste) 4 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey口: mouth皿: dish; a helping; plate 鹵 11 鹽 salt The eccentric explorer lay down on the earth 土, opened his mouth 口, and licked it. "As I suspected!" he said, "It's salt. Something to spice up our dishes 皿 with!"

Accepted Answer

エン salt 2 1148 13 197 ろ・しお・しおへん 形声 Phonetic In the old days, salt was a worth alot, so it is not surprising to find someone reclining on the ground, mouth to plate, getting every last grain of that delicious salt.

Kanji	塩
Onyomi	エン
Kunyomi	しお
English	salt
Examples	塩(しお): (1) salt (i.e. sodium chloride); common salt; table salt (2) salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.) 食塩(しょくえん): table salt 塩辛い(しおからい): salty (taste)
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	1148
Components	土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 口: mouth 皿: dish; a helping; plate
Number of Strokes	13
Kanji Radical	鹵
Radical Number	197
Radical Strokes	11
Radical Reading	ろ・しお・しおへん
Traditional Form	鹽
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	salt
Koohii Story 1	In the old days, salt was a worth alot, so it is not surprising to find someone reclining on the ground, mouth to plate, getting every last grain of that delicious salt.
Koohii Story 2	The eccentric explorer lay down on the earth 土, opened his mouth 口, and licked it. "As I suspected!" he said, "It's salt. Something to spice up our dishes 皿 with!"

Salt Mouth Sodium Table 塩 エン しお 塩(しお

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