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Chinese symbol for “greens”

菜蔬
cài shū
greens; vegetables; vegetable side dish

The closest CC-CEDICT match for greens is 菜蔬 (cài shū), defined as: greens; vegetables; vegetable side dish.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

菜 cài
vegetables; order, dish; food
radical 140 ⾋ · 12 strokes
蔬 shū
vegetables, greens
radical 140 ⾋ · 15 strokes

Other Chinese words for “greens”

WordPinyinMeaning
生菜shēng càilettuce; raw fresh vegetables
菜茹cài rúgreens; green vegetables

Related words

Other words that share a character with 菜蔬.

WordPinyinMeaning
蔬菜shū càivegetables
菜单 (菜單)cài dānmenu; measure word: 份 (fèn), 张 (zhāng)
菜肴 (菜餚)cài yáovegetable and meat dishes; dish
菠菜bō càispinach (CL:棵 (kē)); (slang) gambling; gambler (alternative term for 博彩 (bó cǎi))
白菜bái càiChinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); sometimes used to refer to bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis)
菜鸟 (菜鳥)cài niǎo(coll.) sb new to a particular subject; rookie
蔬果shū guǒvegetables and fruits
果蔬guǒ shūfruit and vegetables

See also: Japanese symbol for “greens”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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