鹽

鹽 (Kangxi radical 197, 鹵+13, 24 strokes, cangjie input 尸田月廿 (SWBT), four-corner 7810₇, composition ⿱⿰臣⿱𠂉鹵皿)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1508, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47579
• Dae Jaweon: page 2036, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2574, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9E7D

Historical forms of the character 鹽
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡ·lam, *ɡ·lams) : phonetic 監 (OC *kraːm, *kraːms) + semantic 鹵 (“salt”).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-rjum (“salt”). The Min forms point to a fricative initial in Proto-Min *ziem (“a white encrustation formed from saltwater or brine”).

鹽

1. salt; salty substance, especially table salt

   鹽放多了。／盐放多了。  ―  Yán fàng duō le.  ―  Too much salt is added.

   • 厥貢鹽絺，海物惟錯。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     厥贡盐𫄨，海物惟错。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

     Jué gòng yán chī, hǎi wù wéi cuò. [Pinyin]

     Its articles of tribute were salt, fine cloth of dolichos fibre, productions of the sea of various kinds.

2. (chemistry) salt
3. (Southern Min) food product pickled with salt
4. (Southern Min) sweat stain; salt efflorescence
5. (cryptography) salt

鹽

1. (Classical, Min or Wu) to salt; to lay in brine; to pickle; to marinate

   • 屑桂與薑以灑諸上而鹽之，乾而食之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     屑桂与姜以洒诸上而盐之，干而食之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Xiè guì yǔ jiāng yǐ sǎ zhū shàng ér yàn zhī, qián ér shí zhī. [Pinyin]

     [...], sprinkled on it pieces of cinnamon and ginger, and added salt. It could be eaten thus when dried.

2. (Eastern Min) to devote oneself to; to invest
3. (Southern Min, of a wound) irritated; painful (from salt or medication)
4. ^† Alternative form of 豔／艳 (yàn, “to envy”)

• “鹽”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 塩)

1. kyūjitai form of 塩 (“salt”)

• Go-on: えん (en)^{←えん (en, historical)←𛀁ん (yen, ancient)}
• Kan-on: えん (en)^{←えん (en, historical)←𛀁ん (yen, ancient)}
• Kun: しお (shio, 鹽)^{←しほ (sifo, 鹽, historical)}

鹽 (eumhun 소금 염 (sogeum yeom))

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鹽: Hán Nôm readings: diêm[1][2], diễm

1. (in compounds) salt