菜 cài
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 采 to collect, to gather
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
菜单
càidān
menu
Characters in this word
单 dān
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 丷 — horns
Example phrases
- 请看菜单。 Qǐng kàn càidān. Please look at the menu.
- 菜单在桌上。 Càidān zài zhuō shàng. The menu is on the table.
- 我拿菜单。 Wǒ ná càidān. I take the menu.