Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N2

1327 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: vegetable, side dish, greens

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: サイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: くさかんむり

Meaning: grass

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

園(さいえん)   vegetable garden

食主義(さいしょくしゅぎ)   vegetarianism

(やさい)   vegetable

(はくさい)   Chinese cabbage

(さんさい)   edible wild plants

(ぜんさい)   relishes, hors d'oeuvres

(そうざい)   everyday household dish

の花(なのはな)   rape blossoms

っ葉(なっぱ)   rape leaves, greens

(あおな)   greens

Onyomi Examples

サイ side dish

サイエン vegetable garden

サンサイ edible wild plants

ゼンサイ hors d'oeuvre, appetizer, appetiser, starter

Kunyomi Examples

greens, vegetables, rape (Brassica napus), rapeseed

なたね rapeseed, coleseed

わかな young greens, young herbs

うまい うまいな Swiss chard