Word and Radical Components of 盐

The Chinese word 盐 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
盐		1. Simplified form of 鹽

盐 ⇨ 圤 + 皿

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
圤		1. Variant of 墣
皿	mǐn, mǐng	1. dish; vessel
		培養皿 - Petri dish
		2. =====Usage notes=====
		3. Variant of 四

圤 ⇨ 土 + 卜

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
土	tǔ	1. earth; soil
		土堆 - mound; hillock
		這兒r 的土夠肥的。 - The soil here is quite fertile.
		2. (dialectal) dust
		3. land
		國土 - territory
		寸土不讓 - to not give up a single inch of one's territory
		4. crude opium
		煙土 - crude opium
		5. hometown; native place
		故土 - native land; native place
		6. local; native; indigenous
		土著 - aboriginal
		土話 - local dialect
		7. rustic; unsophisticated; uncouth; vulgar; tasteless; uncultured
		我覺得東北話實在太土了。 - I think that Northeastern Mandarin is too rustic.
		8. indigenous; traditional and used by the common people
		土法 - traditional method used by the common people; indigenous method
		土槍 - gun manufactured using indigenous methods
		9. the Tu ethnic group; Monguor people; White Mongol
		10. Short for 土耳其, Turkey
		俄土戰爭 - Russo-Turkish War
	tú	11. Only used in 土門 (tr=Túmén)
		12. Simplified form of 士
卜	bǔ	1. divination
		2. to divine
		3. (literary) to foretell; to predict
		生死未卜 - no one knows whether the person is dead of alive
		4. (literary) to choose
		卜居 - to choose a place to live
		5. Simplified form of 蔔
		6. Variant of 欲