Japanese symbol for “rapeseed”
菜種
なたね
Romaji: natane
rapeseed; coleseed
In Japanese, rapeseed is 菜種, read なたね (natane).
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Meanings
- n rapeseed; coleseed
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “rapeseed”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 菜 | な na | rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed |
| 西洋油菜 | せいようあぶらな seiyouaburana | rapeseed (Brassica napus); rapa; colza |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 野菜 | やさい yasai | vegetable |
| 惣菜 | そうざい souzai | small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish |
| 白菜 | はくさい hakusai | napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage |
| 菜食 | さいしょく saishoku | vegetable diet |
| 山菜 | さんさい sansai | edible wild plants |
| 菜園 | さいえん saien | vegetable garden |
| 種類 | しゅるい shurui | variety; kind; type |
| 人種 | じんしゅ jinshu | race (of people) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “rapeseed”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.