菜 – vegetable, side dish, greens

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The kanji 菜 means vegetable, side dish, greens. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is サイ (sai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is な (na). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 艸 (no. 140).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	サイ	sai
Kun’yomi	な	na

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 艸 (Kangxi radical 140). Components: 爪・木・艾.

Words using 菜

野菜やさいvegetable

Example sentences

その店は野菜を売っている。

The store deals in vegetables.

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Kanji with the same radical

葉落英若蔵花苦薬芸葬著草薄芝薦華

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