Translingual

Han character

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

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

Chinese

Japanese

Kanji

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

Readings

• Goon: えん (en)
• Kan’on: えん (en)
• Kun: しお (shio), (historical) しほ (shiho)

Compounds

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) しお​ [shìóꜜ] (Odaka - [2])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕio̞]

Noun

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

1. salt

   塩 (しお)の結晶 (けっしょう)

   shio no kesshō

   salt crystal

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) え​ん [éꜜǹ] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

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

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

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
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 978-4-14-011112-3