Japanese symbol for “vegetables”
菜
な
Romaji: na
greens; vegetables
In Japanese, vegetables is 菜, read な (na).
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.
Meanings
- n greens; vegetables
- n rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “vegetables”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 青物 | あおもの aomono | vegetables; (edible) greens |
| 蔬菜 | そさい sosai | greens; vegetables |
| 前栽物 | せんざいもの senzaimono | greens; vegetables |
| 菜類 | なるい narui | (edible) greens; leafy greens; vegetables |
| 野菜類 | やさいるい yasairui | (edible) greens; leafy greens; vegetables |
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 |
See also: Chinese symbol for “vegetables”.
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.