菜

vegetable; side dish; greens

11 strokes. Taught in grade 4. Newspaper frequency rank 1327.

Readings

• サイ (on reading): 野菜 (やさい) vegetable; 惣菜 (そうざい) small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal)
• な (kun reading): 小松菜 (こまつな) Japanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis); 菜の花 (なのはな) rape blossoms

Components

• 艹
• 采
• ⺾ radical grass, top form of 艸
• 木 radical tree
• 爪 radical claw

Words using 菜

• 野菜 (やさい) vegetable
• 惣菜 (そうざい) small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal)
• 前菜 (ぜんさい) hors d'oeuvre
• 野菜炒め (やさいいため) stir-fried vegetables
• 白菜 (はくさい) napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis)
• 小松菜 (こまつな) Japanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)
• 菜の花 (なのはな) rape blossoms
• 菜 (な) greens
• 高菜 (たかな) leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. integrifolia)
• 水菜 (みずな) mizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica)
• 香菜 (シャンツァイ) coriander (Coriandrum sativum)
• 辣白菜 (ラーパーツァイ) hot-and-sour cabbage
• 泡菜 (パオツァイ) pao cai

146 words in all.

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