Memory phrase for the Kanji: 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

Plants that are plucked are vegetables.

Radicals

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

 菜  な  greens, vegetables, rape (Brassica napus)
 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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