This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: カン、ダイ、から.い、しおからい、しおけ、せいしゅ
Romaji: kan, dai, kara.i, shiokarai, shioke, seishu
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

salty

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  20
Radical Number:  197
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-11-9
Korean Reading:  ham
Chinese Reading:  xian2
Unicode:  9e79
JIS:  7344

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1885
Nelson Index: 5373
New Nelson Index: 7014
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4n16.1
Four Corner Index: 2365.0
Daikanwanjiten Index: 47553
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0896
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2366

Words

塩気 (しおけ)
saltiness
半鹹水 (はんかんすい)
brackish water
鹹湖 (かんこ)
salt lake; lagoon
鹹水湖 (かんすいこ)
saltwater lake
かん水 (かんすい)
lye water (for making Chinese noodles)
塩辛い (しおからい、からい)
salty (taste); briny
明日葉 (あしたば、あしたぐさ、アシタバ)
Angelica keiskei (species of angelica, a herb of the parsley family)
鹹水 (かんすい)
brackish water; brine; salt water
鹹味 (かんみ)
saltiness
鹹水魚 (かんすいぎょ)
saltwater fish
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