Memory phrase for the character: 塩

塩

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Meaning

salt

Pronunciation

EN
shio

Explanation

 Left: earth/soil 土, right: flat variante of person 人 as lying person , mouth 口, plate 皿

Mnemonic
 
It comes from the ground and the lying person takes it into the mouth. On the plate is: salt.

Radicals

土 earthground, soil
lying personIs understood as a flat version of: 人 - Other radicals with 'person' are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫
皿 bowl




 Vocabulary

塩 しお  salt
塩辛い しおからい  salty (taste)
塩っぱい しょっぱい  salty, stingy, scowling
食塩 しょくえん  table salt

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