sōng

technical

Meaning of

菘 means Chinese cabbage; bok choy; Brassica rapa (in ancient texts). Pronounced sōng.

  • Chinese cabbage; bok choy; Brassica rapa (in ancient texts)

Character Info

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Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Sōng
cài
jīn
zhī
bái
cài
 

Sōng cài is what we now call Chinese cabbage.

dài
wén
xiàn
zhōng
zǎi
de
sōng
 
zhǐ
de
jiù
shì
zhè
zhǒng
shū
cài
 

The sōng recorded in ancient literature refers to this vegetable.

Bái
sōng
shì
nán
fāng
cháng
jiàn
de
shū
cài
pǐn
zhǒng
 

White sōng is a common vegetable variety in the south.