Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Salt

Mnemonic

In the dirt, there's a gun. Its mouth points toward a plate. What's on the plate? Why, it's salt!

Readings

On’yomi

えん

Kun’yomi

しお

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

When you see the salt, you think to yourself, "She owes (しお) me big time, so I'm going to go ahead and snatch her salt!" Who is she, you ask? She's the lady who owns the salt. And the gun in the dirt, of course.

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