| 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 junior high
JLPT level N1
1565 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 煮沸 【シャフツ】 boiling up
- 煮沸器 【シャフツキ】 scalder
Kun reading compounds
- 煮る 【にる】 to boil, to simmer, to stew, to seethe
- 煮るなり焼くなり 【にるなりやくなり】 as you please, in any way you like, as you wish
- 煮える 【にえる】 to be boiled, to be cooked
- 煮やす 【にやす】 to cook inside
Readings
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- cocer
- hervir
Portuguese
- ferver
- cozinhar
French
- mijoter
- bouillir
- cuire
| 1338 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1294 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2771 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1179 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1518 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1787 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1795 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1931 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1315 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1277 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3460 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1782 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2426 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1265 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 19165P | Morohashi |
| 2785 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3437 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1257 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1346 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1563 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1440 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d8.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 4433.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-49 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 716e | Unicode hex code |