13 strokes
                                                    
                        Jouyou kanji
            Taught in 4th grade
    
                                                    JLPT exam level N2
                                            salt
Kun'yomi
- し - お - salt ②hardship ③cold 
On'yomi
- エン - salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.) ②chloride 
Character Breakdown
References
| Unicode hex code | 5869 | 
| JIS X 0208 | 1-17-86 | 
| Nelson, A. Classic Nelson | 1125 | 
| Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 1075 | 
| Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 631 | 
| Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary | 774 | 
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) | 456 | 
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) | 578 | 
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji | 1458 | 
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. | 1568 | 
| Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage | 1058 | 
| O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names | 1846 | 
| O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji | 730 | 
| Morohashi Daikanwajiten | 5382 | 
| Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters | 428 | 
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana | 1101 | 
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) | 1152 | 
| Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese | 354 | 
| Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards | 439 | 
| Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. | 451 | 
| Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards | 603 | 
| Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context | 924 | 
| Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 385 | 
| Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete | 1470 | 
| Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code | 3b10.4 | 
| Four corner code | 4811.7 | 
| De Roo Code | 1474 |