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JLPT N3 · Tastes & textures

塩辛い

しおからい

salty

Stroke order of 塩辛い

3 characters, 22 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

塩 · 13 strokes辛 · 7 strokesい · 2 strokes

Memory trick

塩 is soil 土 with a dish 皿 of salt, 辛 is a sharp needle: sharply salty.

Parts: 塩 salt + 辛 spicy + い kana

The characters in 塩辛い

  • 塩 しお — salt (13 strokes)
  • い い — i (2 strokes)

Example sentence

このスープは塩辛いです。

このすーぷはしおからいです。

This soup is salty.

Words with 塩

塩salt

Words with 辛

辛いspicy

More words: Tastes & textures

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