懂中文 Dong Chinese

鹽

yán

salt

Phonosemantic compound. 監 represents the sound and 鹵 represents the meaning.

Components
監 sound component

監  Sound component

jiān, jiàn

  

watch carefully

鹵 meaning component

鹵  Meaning component

lǔ

  

salt

salt

Evolution

鹽 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
鹽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鹽 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
鹽 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

盐 (鹽) 

yán

(same as of U+5869 塩) salt; salt; CL:粒[lì]

Most common words with 鹽
Freq.
Word
Meaning

盐

salt

盐水

Yanshui town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tái​nán​xiàn], Taiwan

盐湖城

Salt Lake City, capital of Utah

盐酸

hydrochloric acid HCl

食盐

edible salt