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菜

Vegetable
Stroke count: 11

Readings

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JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 4Level 31

Meanings

  1. vegetableRtK
  2. greens
  3. side dish
  1. vegetables
  2. rape (Brassica napus)
  3. rapeseed

Homonyms

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Same reading (な)
名 · name

Popular Usage

野菜お菜

Radicals and components

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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
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)
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
嫁菜よめな
Aster yomena (Asiatic species of aster)
果菜かさい
fruits and vegetables
乾菜かんさい
dried vegetables
甘菜あまな
Tulipa edulis (edible tulip)
芹菜キンサイ
Chinese celery
苦菜にがな
Ixeris dentata (species of the daisy family)
菜箸さいばし
long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)
菜蕗ふき
giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus)
菜單さいたん
menu (at a Chinese restaurant)
紫菜のり
nori
青菜あおな
greens, green vegetables
沈菜キムチ
kimchi
甜菜てんさい
sugar beet (Beta vulgaris)
畔菜アゼナ
common false pimpernel (Lindernia procumbens)
柊菜ひいらぎな
mizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica)
甕菜ようさい
swamp morning glory (Ipomoea aquatica)

Additional Examples

彼は私に野菜を取ってくれた。
He got me some vegetables.tatoeba
彼は仕事人生は、野菜を積んで家々を回る小さな荷車から始まった。
He began his career with a small vegetable cart which he took around from house to house.tatoeba
彼は菜園でトマトを育てている。
He grows tomatoes in his garden.tatoeba
彼はあの店で野菜を商いしています。
He deals in vegetables at that shop.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Vegetable, greens. 艹 (plant) + 采 (a hand plucking) — greens picked to eat. 野菜 — vegetables.

Practice Writing

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