鹹

Information about character(s)

Radical: 鹵
Radical Strokes: 11
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 20
Simplified Form: 咸

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xián, jiǎn
Cantonese: haam4
JapaneseKun: SHIOKARAI SHIOKE
JapaneseOn: KAN
Korean: HAM

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: salty, briny; salted; pickled

CE-Dict: salted/salty/stingy/miserly

Soothill: Salty, salted.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.all; completely

1.salty

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: all; salted; salty

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《鹵部》鹹銜也。北方味也。从鹵咸聲。

康熙字典文字版 【亥集下】【鹵字部】鹹
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】胡讒切【正韻】胡嵒切，𠀤音咸。【說文】鹹，銜也。北方味也。【廣韻】不淡。【韻會】鹽味。【爾雅·釋言】鹹，苦也。【疏】𧍧殊極必苦，故以鹹爲苦也。【書·洪範】潤下作鹹。【周禮·天官·醫師】以鹹養脈。　又地名。【春秋·僖十三年】會于鹹。【註】衞地，東郡濮陽縣東南有鹹城。　又【韻會】古斬切，音減。【本草】李時珍曰：鹹音咸者，潤下之味，音減者，鹽生之名。後人作鹼作鹻，是矣。

Buddhism words and phrases salty; bitter

CF-Dict: salé

Han-De-Dict: salzig (u.E.) (Adj)