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菜

N2

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • vegetable
  • side dish
  • greens

On'yomi (音読み)

  • サイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • な
Strokes
11
JLPT Level
N2
Frequency
#1090
School Grade
Grade 4
Radical
艸#140 · grass

Components

Common Words

  • 菜園さいえんNounvegetable garden
  • 菜種なたねNounrapeseed, coleseed
  • 菜食さいしょくNounvegetable diet
  • 山菜さんさいNounedible wild plants
  • 惣菜そうざいNounsmall dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal), side dish
  • 白菜はくさいNounnapa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis), nappa cabbage, Chinese cabbage
  • 野菜やさいNounvegetable
  • 菜箸さいばしNounlong chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)

Practice in Kanjiru

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