菜 cài

• 菜 cài, vegetables; dish; food, cuisine
• 菜 first meant vegetable, and later got the meanings of dish, food, or cuisine, such as 中国菜, 上海菜, etc..
• meaning radical: 艹（traditional: ⾋)(radical of grass or plant);
• phonetic radical: 采 (cǎi, meaning to pick)