菜 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
- On
- サイさい · sai
- Kun
- なna
- Meaning
- vegetable, greens
Stroke order
Origin
Phonetic-semantic. The grass radical 艹 gives the meaning and 采 (to pick by hand) the sound. Plants picked by hand to eat = vegetables.
Readings and examples
| Onサイさいsai | 菜園さいえん菜食さいしょく野菜やさい |
|---|---|
| Kunなna | 菜な青菜あおな |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 野菜やさい
vegetable
- 白菜はくさい
Chinese cabbage
- 惣菜そうざい
- 甜菜てんさい
- 青菜あおな
- 葷菜くんさい
- 根菜こんさい
Example
畑でとれた新しい野菜を食べる。
We eat fresh vegetables harvested from the field.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)