Chinese character 菜 cài — vegetable

cài

vegetable; greens (CL:棵); dish (of food) (CL:樣,道,盤)

  • HSK 1
  • 11 strokes
  • radical 艹
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Stroke order of 菜

Written in 11 strokes. The grey stroke under the arrow is the one you write now: the dot shows where to start, the arrow — which way to go.

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What 菜 is made of

  • 艹grass radical 草字頭兒meaning
  • 采to picksound

Tip: 艹 hints at the meaning and 采 at the pronunciation.

Words with 菜

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