菜
greens, side dish, vegetable
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
11 / 11
Information
Grade:4
Strokes:11
JLPT:2
Frequency:1327
Vocabulary
サイ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 菜園 | サイエン | vegetable garden |
| 菜食 | サイショク | vegetable diet |
| 山菜 | サンサイ | edible wild plants |
| 白菜 | ハクサイ | napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage |
| 白菜 | ハクサイ | napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 紫菜 | のり | nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets |
| 裙蔕菜 | わかめ | wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida) |
| 菜 | な | greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed |
| 菜種 | なたね | rapeseed; coleseed |
| 酒菜 | さかな | appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party |
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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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