Hanja Analyzer
菜

菜 — chae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
나물 채
Romanization
chae
English
vegetables; dish, order; food
Mandarin
cài
Japanese on'yomi
サイ
Japanese kun'yomi
な
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#1,327 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
艸 (140, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
采(채)
Unicode
U+83DC

Parts that make up 菜

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 采 풍채 채sound 나무에서 열매를 따는 손가려 뽑는 일. ‘채’ 계열의 소리

How 菜 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 菜 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 采.

Korean example words with 菜

  • 채화菜花 Korean gloss: 채소의 꽃
  • 채종菜種 Korean gloss: 채소의 씨앗
  • 향채香菜 Korean gloss: 향기로운 나물
  • 건채乾菜 Korean gloss: 말린 채소나 나물
  • 산채山菜 Korean gloss: 산에서 나는 나물
  • 채유菜油 Korean gloss: 배추씨로 짠 기름
  • 채마菜麻 Korean gloss: 채마를 심어 가꾸는 밭
  • 채전菜田 Korean gloss: 채소를 심어 가꾸는 밭
  • 채육菜肉 Korean gloss: 채소류와 육류를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 채장菜腸 Korean gloss: 늘 채식을 하는 습관에 길든 위와 창자
  • 채원菜園 Korean gloss: 전문적으로 채소를 심어 가꾸는 규모가 큰 밭
  • 소채蔬菜 Korean gloss: 심어 가꾸는 온갖 푸성귀와 나물을 통틀어 이르는 말

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 菜

  • 野菜やさい vegetable; marijuana; cannabis
  • 山菜さんさい edible wild plants
  • 菜園さいえん vegetable garden
  • 菜の花なのはな rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers
  • 菜な greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus)
  • 白菜はくさい napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
  • 前菜ぜんさい hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser
  • 若菜わかな young greens; young herbs
  • 菜食さいしょく vegetable diet
  • 青菜あおな greens
  • 菜種なたね rapeseed; coleseed
  • 惣菜そうざい small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish

Characters sharing the phonetic 采

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “채” in Korean.

Other hanja read “채”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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