菜 — kanji meaning “vegetable”
菜
vegetable, side dish, greens
- Meanings
- vegetable, side dish, greens
- On'yomi
- サイ (sai)
- Kun'yomi
- な
- Name readings
- よう
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #1327 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- cài — Chinese character page
Words with 菜
| 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 |
| 菜の花 | なのはな nanohana | rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers |
| 若菜 | わかな wakana | young greens; young herbs |
| 前菜 | ぜんさい zensai | hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser |
| 菜種 | なたね natane | rapeseed; coleseed |
| 青菜 | あおな aona | greens |
| 白菜 | パクチョイ pakuchoi | bok choy (esp. cultivars with white stalks); pak choi |
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