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Japanese Pickles. Oshinko is a collective, generic name for Japanese pickles made from various vegetables pickled using salt (shio-zuke.) The vegetables can be cucumbers, daikon radish, Napa cabbage, baby carrots, burdock root, etc. Sometimes, it will also be used to include pickles made with rice bran, such as Takuan.
Oshinko is a type of Japanese pickle which is often rolled up into sushi (with seaweed and rice) to make an Oshinko roll (more precisely called Oshinko maki). I've also seen oshinko at Japanese grocery stores labeled oshinka (with an a) and also pickled radish.