天てん日じつ塩えん

also: てんぴじお

て

ん

じ

つ

え

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Meanings

1

sun-dried salt; solar salt

Salt produced by evaporating seawater using sunlight, often in salt pans. A traditional method yielding natural sea salt.

This sun-dried salt is rich in minerals and has a mellow flavor.

伝でん統とう的てきな製せい法ほうで作つくられた天てん日じつ塩えんは、料りょう理りの味あじを引ひき立たてます。

Sun-dried salt made by traditional methods enhances the flavor of dishes.

食しょく塩えん
食塩 is generic table salt, often refined; 天日塩 specifically refers to salt dried by the sun, implying a natural, less processed product.
自し然ぜん塩えん
自然塩 is a broader term for natural salt, which may include rock salt or other minimally processed salts; 天日塩 is a subset produced by solar evaporation.

天日塩
- てんじつえん
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading てんじつえん is the most common.
- てんぴじお
  Alternate reading using kun'yomi for 日 and 塩; less common but recognized.
てんぴじお

Compound of 天日 (てんじつ, 'sunlight') and 塩 (えん, 'salt'), literally 'sunlight salt'. The reading てんぴじお uses kun'yomi for the latter two characters.