Kanji
N2 13 strokes Grade 4 freq #1148

salt

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

earth tsuchi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

chlorine (Cl)
salt; salt content
chloridation; salification
table salt
base
saltpan; field for drying salt
reduction of salt; sodium restriction
hydrochloric acid
salt damage (from seawater, sea air, etc.)
halite; rock salt

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

salt; common salt
vinyl chloride; chloroethylene
salt water; brine
pickling in salt; food preserved in salt
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt
salty taste; saltiness
shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)
table salt
cone-shaped
salty (taste); briny

Example sentences

He put salt into his cup of coffee by mistake.

In those days, sugar was less valuable than salt.

Salt water is more buoyant than fresh water.

Chop the pickled cabbage finely.