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菜

vegetable
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingサイ
Kun readingな
JōyōGrade 4
  1. greens
  2. vegetables
  3. rape (Brassica napus)
  4. rapeseed

Popular Usage

野菜お菜

Radicals and components

Radical艸grassComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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flowers (艹) · grab · claw · vulture · tree (木) · wood (木)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 793

Compound words

野菜やさい
vegetable; marijuana; cannabis
菜園さいえん
vegetable garden
菜種なたね
rapeseed; coleseed
菜食さいしょく
vegetable diet
山菜さんさい
edible wild plants
惣菜そうざい
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
白菜はくさい
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
一汁三菜いちじゅうさんさい
meal consisting of soup, rice and three dishes (esp. namasu, nimono and yakimono)

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

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