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塩

Level V of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 547 / 2,608

Salt

On’yomi
えん
Kun’yomi
しお
Radical
土 Earth (Kangxi 32)

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 監 (Oversee), less common than 評 (Evaluate).

On a plate at the bottom, dirt and a gun frame a mouth — imagine a dirty gun firing salt crystals onto a plate while a mouth gasps at the taste.

In words

塩 しお saltN5
塩辛い しおからい salty (taste)N2
食塩 しょくえん table saltN2

塩 is rank 547 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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