しお

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しお – see the following entries.

【入】1	[counter] (archaic) counter for soakings (of fabric in a dye)

【塩】4	[noun] salt [noun] saltiness [noun] (by extension, colloquial) hardship, toil, trouble [noun] (colloquial) a hoarse voice [noun] (colloquial) Short for 塩屋 (shioya): a salter

【潮】6

[noun] a (morning) tide

[noun] (historical) in the Edo period, name of a courtesan rank in the Shinmachi district of Osaka, next to the 鹿恋 (kakoi).

[proper noun] a surname

[proper noun] a female given name

(This term, しお, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as しお, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しお.)

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