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鹹

鹹 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. しおからい。しょっぱい。塩気が多い。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「鹵」+音符「咸」。「しおからい」を意味する漢語｛鹹｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

salty

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カン
  • ダイ
Kun (native)
  • から(い)
  • しおからい
  • しおけ
  • せいしゅ
Other languages
  • 拼音xian2
  • 한글ham
  • Hán-ViệtHàm

Basics

Strokes
20 strokes
Radical
鹵(しお)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+9E79

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰鹵咸

Words using this kanji

  • 鹹湖かんこsalt lake, saline lake
  • 鹹水かんすい塩分を含んだ水。brackish water, brine, salt water
  • 鹹味かんみ塩辛い味。塩味。saltiness, salty taste
  • 鹹水湖かんすいこsaltwater lake
  • 鹹水魚かんすいぎょ鹹水に棲む魚。saltwater fish
  • 鹹豆漿シェントウジャン(Taiwanese) savory soy-milk soup

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

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1-11-9
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2365.0
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4n16.1
Nelson
5373