Memory phrase for the character: 菜

菜

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Meaning

vegetable

Pronunciation

 cài

Explanation

 Top: plant 艹, below: to pluck 采 (A hand 爫 plucks from above at a tree 木.)

Mnemonic
 
Plants you can pluck from above from a 'tree', are the vegetables.

Radicals

艹 grass, plantGrass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
采 pluck
爫 reaching downwardsShows a hand reaching downwards to pluck sth.
木 tree
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 Vocabulary

油菜 yóu cài  oilseed rape (Brassica campestris)
青花椰菜 qīng huā yē cài  broccoli
青花椰菜 qīng huā yē cài  
芹菜 qín cài  celery (Apium graveolens)
菜籽 cài zǐ  vegetable seeds; rapeseed
菜墩子 cài dūn zi  chopping board
菜茹 cài rú  greens; green vegetables
咸菜 xián cài  salted vegetables; pickles
塌棵菜 tā kē cài  Brassica narinosa (broadbeaked mustard); Chinese flat cabbage
甜菜 tián cài  beet; beetroot
菜肴 cài yáo  vegetable and meat dishes
菜肴 cài yáo  

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