cài vegetable

Made up of [ cǎo grass; herb radical 140, wood; wooden radical 75]
Made with 11 strokes.
The radical indicates the plant origin, the lower part of the character indicates plucking from a small plant, and so harvesting leaves

Related characters


Also uses cǎo component: cǎo (grass) chá (tea) ; dǒng (to understand) ; huā (flower) ; jié (joint) ; (bitter) ; lán (blue) ; láo (to toil) ; mǎn (to fill) ; māo (cat) ; měng (Mongol) ; (do not) ; píng (apple) ; (grape) ; qián (front) ; ruò (to seem) ; (revive) ; táo (grapes) ; yào (medicine) ; (skill) ; yīng (flower) ; zàng (treasury) ; zhēng (to steam)
Also uses component: bǎn (board) bēi (cup) ; běn (root) ; cǎi (color) ; chá (tea) ; chái (firewood) ; chuáng (bed) ; gān (pole) ; guǒ (fruit) ; (machine) ; jìn (to prohibit) ; jìn (to prohibit) ; (tangerine) ; (of plants) ; lái (arrive) ; (plum) ; (pear) ; lín (forest) ; lóu (multi-story building) ; (board game) ; qín (Qin) ; qīn (parent) ; róu (soft) ; shā (to kill) ; shù (tree) ; shù (method) ; song (Song) ; tiáo (strip) ; wèi (not yet) ; xián (to stay idle) ; xiāng (each other) ; xiào (school) ; (chair) ; zhí (to plant) ; zhī (branch) ; zhuō (table)

Different tone

cǎi (color)

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Pronunciation

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Proverbs

萝卜白菜,各有所爱 luó bo bái cài, gè yǒu suǒ ài Everyone has their own preferences

Phrases

qīng cài Green vegetables

Also

cài cabbage