JLPT N5 · Food & drink
塩
しお
salt
Stroke order of 塩
塩 is written with 13 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.
Memory trick
Earth (土) beside a plate-like (皿) shape: salt crystals formed on a dish.
Parts: 塩 salt (土 + 皿)
Example sentence
スープに塩を入れます。
すーぷにしおをいれます。
I put salt in the soup.