漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
採: pick, take
Also: fetch, take up
JLPT N211 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
扌 carries the meaning · 采 gives the sound
11 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
サイsai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 採算さいさんprofit [n.]
- 採血するさいけつするdraw blood, collect blood
- 採決するさいけつするtake a vote
- 採取するさいしゅするpick, collect, harvest
- 採掘するさいくつするmine [v.t.]
- 採点するさいてんするgrade (a test) [v.t.]
- 採用するさいようするuse, adopt, hire
- 採集するさいしゅうするcollect, gather
- 伐採するばっさいするlog, deforest
とるtoru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 採るとるpick [v.t.]
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side採 pick · 扌
vs菜 vegetable · 艹In ChineseSimplified 采 · traditional, as in Japanese · cǎi
Japan keeps the traditional form 採; mainland China simplifies it to 采.
- Simplified
- 采 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 採 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin cǎi most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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