蔬 shū
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 疏 to neglect
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
蔬菜
shūcài
vegetables
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 我买蔬菜。 Wǒ mǎi shūcài. I buy vegetables.
- 多吃蔬菜。 Duō chī shūcài. Eat more vegetables.
- 蔬菜很新鲜。 Shūcài hěn xīnxiān. The vegetables are very fresh.