Memory phrase for the Kanji: 菜


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Meaning vegetable, greens

Pronunciation

SAI
na

Explanation

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

Mnemonic


 
Plants that are plucked are vegetables.

Radicals

plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, simple variation of 艸.
pluck, pick up
grap downwardsThe radical notsu shows a hand which is reaching downwards.
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 Vocabulary

 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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