Kanji1 / 11
菜 kanji
vegetable, side dish, greens
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
サイ
Kun readings
な
Words with 菜
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —菜単menu (at a Chinese restaurant)
- —葉菜leaf vegetable; green vegetable; edible herb
- —菜心choy sum (Brassica rapa var. parachinensis); choi sum; Chinese flowering cabbage
- —菜豆haricot; kidney bean
- —冷菜cold vegetable hors d'oeuvres in Chinese cuisine
- —体菜bok choy; pak choi
- —魚菜fish and vegetables; side dishes (e.g. with rice)
- —五菜the five vegetables (garlic chive, Japanese leek, green onion, wasabi and mame); (meal of) five dishes
- —素菜Chinese vegetarian cuisine
- —葷菜pungent vegetable (e.g. onion, garlic, leek)
- —お菜side dish
- —髪菜fat choy (Nostoc flagelliforme)
- —旬菜seasonal food; seasonal ingredients; dishes made with seasonal ingredients
- —花野菜cauliflower
- —野菜畑field of vegetables; market garden; truck garden; vegetable garden; kitchen garden
- —八宝菜babaocai; eight-treasure vegetables
- —根菜類root crops; root vegetables
- —葉菜類leafy vegetables
- —野菜汁vegetable soup
- —生野菜fresh vegetables