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鹹 means 'salty'

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Strokes : 20    Usefulness: 8    Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 11 words   Used in 10 words   Used in 1 name   Not used as a component
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   カン
Kun
   からい salty
Notes
Note that からい written with 鹹 only means salty, whereas when written with 辛 (spicy) it can mean spicy or salty.
Components
⿰  鹵 (卤) salt  咸 all  
See also
辛 spicy  
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Most useful words by reading
鹹 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 鹹 is used 8 times, read 2 ways.
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カン : 7 words FIND ALL
か ん み 1
noun
saltiness
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からい : 1 word FIND ALL
か ら い 4
Most common form: 塩辛い
salty (taste); briny
(click the word to view an additional 1 reading and 1 form, examples and links)
An additional 辛 less common words include 鹹 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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鹹
カン   からい salty   
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