Memory phrase for the character: 菜

菜

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Meaning

vegetable, greens

Pronunciation

SAI
na

Explanation

 Top: plant 艹, below: to pluck/harvest 采 (A hand 爫 reaches down into a tree 木)

Mnemonic
 
(Vegetables grow directly on the ground:) Plants that are plucked from above are vegetables.

Radicals

艹 plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
采 pluck, pick upA hand 爫 reaches from above down into a tree 木 when plucking.
爫 grap downwardsThe radical notsu shows a hand which is reaching downwards.




 Vocabulary

菜 な  greens, vegetables, rape (Brassica napus)
白菜 はくさい  nappa (Chinese ) cabbage
野菜 やさい  vegetable
菜種油 なたねあぶら  rapeseed oil
菜食主義 さいしょくしゅぎ  vegetarianism

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