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鹹 Kanji meaning "salty"

Jiten frequency #4573Kanken Level 1TMW Immortal Idol20 strokes

Meanings

salty

On'yomi

カンダイ

Kun'yomi

から.いしおからいしおけせいしゅ

Composed of

鹵saltradical
咸all

Components and stroke order from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Reading usage

鹹(かん)水(すい)brackish water#192881鹹(かん)味(み)saltiness#267861鹹(かん)湖(こ)salt lake#334033鹹(かん)水(すい)魚(ぎょ)saltwater fish#334033半(はん)鹹(かん)水(すい)brackish water#463992鹹(かん)水(すい)湖(こ)saltwater lake#463992鹹(かん)水(すい)lye water (for making Chinese noodles)#463992鹹味(かんみ)Kanmi#463992

Most common words using this kanji

鹹(しおから)いsalty (taste)#143666鹹(かん)水(すい)brackish water#192881鹹(かん)味(み)saltiness#267861鹹(かん)湖(こ)salt lake#334033鹹(かん)水(すい)魚(ぎょ)saltwater fish#334033鹹気(しおけ)saltiness#393682鹹(かん)水(すい)lye water (for making Chinese noodles)#463992鹹(から)塩(しお)salt#463992鹹(かん)水(すい)湖(こ)saltwater lake#463992半(はん)鹹(かん)水(すい)brackish water#463992鹹豆漿(シェントウジャン)(Taiwanese) savory soy-milk soup#463992鹹味(かんみ)Kanmi#463992鹹草(あしたば)Angelica keiskei (species of angelica, a herb of the parsley family)#463992
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