硝

Information about character(s)

Radical: 石
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xiāo, qiào
Cantonese: siu1
JapaneseOn: SHOU
Korean: CHO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: saltpeter, niter; to tan

CE-Dict: saltpeter/to tan (leather)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.saltpeter
2.[Dialect] treating skins with salt, alum, etc. in leather making

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: saltpetre

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: saltpetre

康熙字典文字版 【午集下】【石字部】硝
【廣韻】相邀切【集韻】【韻會】思邀切【正韻】先彫切，𠀤音宵。硭硝，藥名。【正字通】方書：硝有七種：朴硝，芒硝，英硝，馬牙硝，硝石，風化硝，𤣥明粉。本作消，俗譌爲硝。　又【集韻】七肖切，音悄。石堅貌。

CF-Dict: nitre/salpêtre

Han-De-Dict: Salpeter, Kaliumnitrat (u.E.) (S)