しお
塩
ま
撒
　
き

noun

Sumo term.
  1. salt-throwing ceremony before the sumo bout.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しお
塩
ま
撒
　
き
 塩撒き しおまき

Contained Kanji Breakdown

salt
しお　エン (4th, N2)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
person(人) variant
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
dish, a helping, plate
さら　ベイ (3rd, N2)
scatter, sprinkle, give them the slip
ま.く　サン　サツ (Kentei Pre-1)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
scatter, disperse, spend
サン　ち.る　ばら (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)