| 354 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 451 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 428 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1058 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1125 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 730 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 439 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1846 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1101 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1152 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 924 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 385 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 774 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 456 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 578 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1470 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5382 | Morohashi |
| 631 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1075 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1458 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1568 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 603 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1148 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 塩 【エン】 salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.), chloride
- 塩化 【エンカ】 chloridation, salification, chloride
- 減塩 【ゲンエン】 reduction of salt, sodium restriction
- 岩塩 【ガンエン】 halite, rock salt
Kun reading compounds
- 塩 【しお】 salt, common salt, table salt, sodium chloride, hardship, toil, trouble, saltiness, cold, unwelcoming, indifferent
- 塩田 【えんでん】 saltpan, field for drying salt
- 岩塩 【がんえん】 halite, rock salt
- 手塩 【てしお】 table salt, small plate
Readings
- Korean:
- yeom
Spanish
- sal
Portuguese
- Sal
French
- sel
| 1474 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b10.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 4811.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5869 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1232 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 梅雨 【ツユ】 (East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July), rain during the rainy season
- 梅雨前線 【バイウゼンセン】 seasonal rain front
- 松竹梅 【ショウチクバイ】 pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping), high, middle and low (ranking), top, middle and bottom, upper, medium, lower, first, second and third (class)
- 紅梅 【コウバイ】 red-blossomed plum tree, red Japanese apricot
Kun reading compounds
- 梅 【うめ】 Japanese apricot (Prunus mume), Japanese plum, ume, Chinese plum, lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
- 梅干し 【うめぼし】 umeboshi, pickled dried ume, pickled dried plum
- 青梅 【あおうめ】 unripe plum
- 紅梅 【こうばい】 red-blossomed plum tree, red Japanese apricot
Readings
- Korean:
- mae
Spanish
- ciruela
- ciruelo
Portuguese
- ameixa
French
- prune
| 592 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 1689 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1009 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2258 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1162 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1436 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1374 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1734 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1856 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 969 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1096 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1159 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 626 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 833 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 470 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14795P | Morohashi |
| 925 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2666 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 460 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 499 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 555 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1847 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a6.27 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 4895.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6885 | Unicode hex code |