菜 — vegetable, greens

Kanji

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Meaning

vegetable, greens

Onyomi

サイ

Kunyomi

な

Radical

くさかんむり
くさかんむり
grass
3
Radical position: kanmuri

Strokes

11

Grade

4

Kodansha

1486

Classic Nelson

3982

Hint

Vegetarian Image of kanji fragment food taken Image of kanji fragment from plants 木.
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Examples

菜園（さいえん）
vegetable garden
菜食主義（さいしょくしゅぎ）
vegetarianism
野菜（やさい）
vegetable
白菜（はくさい）
Chinese cabbage
山菜（さんさい）
edible wild plants
前菜（ぜんさい）
relishes, hors d'oeuvres
惣菜（そうざい）
everyday household dish
菜の花（なのはな）
rape blossoms
菜っ葉（なっぱ）
rape leaves, greens
青菜（あおな）
greens
Stroke 1 Stroke 2 Stroke 3 Stroke 4 Stroke 5 Stroke 6 Stroke 7 Stroke 8 Stroke 9 Stroke 10 Stroke 11

Quick Reference

Please see our User Guide for detailed explanations of all of Kanji alive's features or watch our short demonstration videos. If you are having technical difficulties, please refer to our Troubleshooting page.

詳細は、メニューの「日本語」内にある使用説明とトラブルシューティングをご参照ください。

Navigation

Next/Previous kanji Use the and keys or click on the left and right single pointed brackets in the top navigation bar
Toggle kanji animation/typeface Use the or keys or click on the large image of the kanji.
Next/Previous typeface Use the Shift + and Shift + keys or click on the left and right single pointed brackets next to the name of the typeface
Return to Search Click on the text of the current search term on the far left of the navigation bar

Note: The order in which kanji appear in the detail view when selecting the next or previous kanji is dependant on the sort mode previously chosen in the search view.

Other Interactive Elements

Play/Pause kanji animation Use the spacebar or click on the play/pause icon in the center of the kanji animation controls.
Next/Previous stroke Use the Shift + or Shift + keys, click the previous and next stroke icons on each side of the play/pause icon or move your mouse cursor over the stroke breakdown images.
Radical animation Use the Shift + r keys or click on the image on the far right of the radical field to view an animation illustrating the radical's historical derivation.
Examples Move your mouse cursor over a Japanese word in the Examples field to reveal its English meaning. Click on the play icon to the right of each example to hear its pronunciation.

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