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菜

菜 — readings, stroke count and radical

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 食用にする草。
  2. おかず、料理。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「艸」+音符「采」。「な」を意味する漢語｛菜｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

vegetable, side dish, greens

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • サイElem.
Kun (native)
  • なElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • よう
Other languages
  • 拼音cai4
  • 한글chae
  • Hán-ViệtThái

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Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 3
Unicode
U+83DC

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹采

Words using this kanji

  • 菜園さいえん野菜を植える畑。vegetable garden
  • 菜な（サイ）おかず。 （な）葉を食べる野菜。greens, vegetables, rape (Brassica napus), rapeseed
  • 菜食さいしょく肉などを避けて植物性の食品を中心とした食事をすること。vegetable diet
  • 菜種なたね油菜の種子 油菜の別名。rapeseed, coleseed
  • 菜の花なのはな油菜の花。 油菜の別名。rape blossoms, rapeseed flowers
  • 菜さい（サイ）おかず。 （な）葉を食べる野菜。side dish
  • 菜箸さいばし食品を調理したり盛り付けたりする時に使用するやや長めの箸。long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)
  • 菜飯なめし菜っ葉を混ぜ、炊き込んだ御飯。rice boiled with greens
  • 菜単さいたん中華料理での献立表。menu (at a Chinese restaurant)
  • 菜心さいしんchoy sum (Brassica rapa var. parachinensis), choi sum, Chinese flowering cabbage
  • 菜豆さいとう「隠元豆」の異称。haricot, kidney bean
  • 菜類なるい(edible) greens, leafy greens, vegetables
  • 菜刀ながたなvegetable knife
  • 菜っ葉なっぱ菜の葉っぱ。 葉っぱを食べる野菜。leaf vegetable, greens, vegetable leaves
  • 菜種殻なたねがらrapeseed hulls
  • 菜種油なたねあぶらアブラナの種子を圧搾して得られる黄褐色の植物油。食用のほか工業用にも使用される。rapeseed oil, canola oil
  • 菜漬けなづけgreens pickled in salt (mizuna, mustard leaves, etc.)
  • 菜種菜なたねなrape (seed oil plant, Brassica campestris)
  • 菜好みさいごのみpicky eating
  • 菜切りなきりnakiri knife, vegetable knife, cutting vegetables

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