Kanji

鹹

Meaning

salty

Readings

Kun'yomi

からい
しおからい
しおけ
せいしゅ

On'yomi

かんこ salt lake
かんすい brackish water
かんみ saltiness
だい

Practice Writing

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Component Analysis

鹹

から.い, しおからい, カン

鹵

しお, しおち, ロ

占

fortune-telling, divining, forecasting...

し.める, うらな.う, セン

⺊

囗

box, box or enclosure radical (no. 31)

𠂭

㐅

丶

dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)

丶

dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)

丶

dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)

丶

dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)

咸

戌

sign of the dog, 7-9PM, eleventh sign of Chinese zodiac

いぬ, ジュツ

戊

5th calendar sign

つちのえ, ボ, ボウ

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

厂

wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)

かりがね, カン

戈

halberd, arms, festival car...

ほこ, ほこづくり, カ

弋

piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)

いぐるみ, ヨク

厂

wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)

かりがね, カン

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

弋

piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)

いぐるみ, ヨク

丶

dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

口

くち, コウ, ク

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