硝

Stroke order

硝 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一口火月 (MRFB), four-corner 1962₇, composition ⿰石肖)

1. saltpeter, niter
2. to tan

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 830, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24201
• Dae Jaweon: page 1246, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2433, character 4
• Unihan data for U+785D

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sew) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews)

硝

1. (inorganic chemistry) saltpetre, niter
2. to tan

• “硝”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Shinjitai	硝
Kyūjitai [1]	硝󠄁 硝+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	硝󠄃 硝+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Jōyō kanji)

1. saltpeter, niter, the mineral form of potassium nitrate (KNO₃).

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}

硝 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

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硝: Hán Việt readings: tiêu

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