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紫菜

zǐ cài

2-character word

What 紫菜 means

1. edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori

The characters in 紫菜

• 紫zǐpurple; violet
• 菜càivegetable; greens; dish (of food); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor

Words starting with 紫菜

• 紫菜属zǐ cài shǔPorphyra (genus of edible seaweed)
• 紫菜包饭zǐ cài bāo fàngimbap, aka kimbap…
• 紫菜薹zǐ cài táipurple choy sum (Brassica rapa var. purpurea)
• 紫菜苔zǐ cài táivariant of 紫菜薹