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硝 — 12 strokes / Radical「石」

道
準2High school level / 12 strokes / Radical「石」
On
ショウしょう · shō
Kun
—
Meaning
nitrate; saltpetre

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Stone plus a phonetic element: a chemical taken from rock — saltpetre.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onショウしょうshō硝石しょうせき硝酸しょうさん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 硝酸しょうさん

    nitric acid

  • 硝石しょうせき

    saltpetre

More words with this kanji

  • 硝子ガラス

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

硝酸(しょうさん)は非常(ひじょう)に強(つよ)い酸(さん)だ。

Nitric acid is a very strong acid.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

硝石硝酸硝石stone酸acid砕smash硫sulphu…碁the ga…磨polish礁reef升measur…且moreov…抄extrac…肖resemb…尚esteem
CompoundRadicalReading

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