This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: サイ、な
Romaji: sai, na
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Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: よう
Romaji: you
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Romaji

Meanings

vegetable, side dish, greens

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  140
Frequency:  1327
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  2-3-8
Korean Reading:  chae
Chinese Reading:  cai4
Unicode:  83dc
JIS:  3A5A

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2305
Nelson Index: 3982
New Nelson Index: 5097
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k8.25
Four Corner Index: 4490.4
Guide to Remembering Index: 483
Gakken Index: 1108
Japanese Names Index: 1447
Daikanwanjiten Index: 31184P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0704
Remembering the kanji Index: 734
Kanji Flashcards Index: 246
Kodansha Compact Index: 660
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 509
Kanji in Context Index: 774
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1486
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2004
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 742
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 793
Essential Kanji Index: 870
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2880
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1964
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 401
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 566

Words

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greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
野菜 (やさい)
vegetable
香菜 (シャンツァイ、こうさい)
coriander (Coriandrum sativum); cilantro; dhania; Chinese parsley
菜の花 (なのはな)
rape blossoms; Brassica rapa var. amplexicaulu
菜食 (さいしょく)
vegetable diet
(さい)
side dish
若菜 (わかな)
young greens or herbs
惣菜 (そうざい)
side dish; daily (household) dish
菜園 (さいえん)
vegetable garden
山菜 (さんさい)
edible wild plants
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