菜
菜
“vegetables”
Radical: 艹
Strokes: 11
Level: HSK 1
How 菜 is built — stacked top over bottom
艹
Grass radical (艹) · cǎo zì tóu
Two blades of grass. Plant words: 茶 tea, 花 flower, 药 medicine.
采
component
Origin
plant
Words with 菜
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