菜 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
- On
- サイ
- Kun
- な
- Meaning
- vegetable, greens
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.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| サイ | 菜園・菜食・野菜 |
|---|---|
| な | 菜・青菜 |
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
Example
畑でとれた新しい野菜を食べる。
We eat fresh vegetables harvested from the field.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)