塩
Salt
Meanings
Salt
On'yomi
えん
Chinese-derived readings, typically used in compounds.
Kun'yomi
しお
Native Japanese readings, typically used as standalone words.
Stroke order
塩 is written in 13 strokes. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
About this kanji
塩 (Salt) is taught on WaniKani at level 17 and appears in the JLPT N2 kanji set. It is taught in Japanese elementary school grade 4 as part of the official Joyo kanji list. It ranks #1148 in modern newspaper-frequency lists. It is written with 13 strokes.
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