採 (cǎi)
to pick; to gather; to adopt (a method)
How 採 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Traditional
- 採
- Simplified
- 采
Components
- 扌 hand
- 爫 claw/talon
- 木 tree
採 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- cǎi
- to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select
- cài
- allotment to a feudal noble
Common words using 採
- 採取 cǎiqǔ
- to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
- 採用 cǎiyòng
- to adopt; to employ; to use
- 採訪 cǎifǎng
- to interview; to gather news; to hunt for and collect
- 採購 cǎigòu
- to procure (for an enterprise etc); to purchase
- 採光 cǎiguāng
- lighting; day lighting
- 採摘 cǎizhāi
- pluck; pick
- 採石場 cǎishíchǎng
- stone pit; quarry
- 採納 cǎinà
- to accept; to adopt
- 採花 cǎihuā
- to pick flowers; to enter houses at night in order to rape women
- 採集 cǎijí
- to gather; to collect; to harvest
- 採風 cǎifēng
- collect folk songs
- 開採 kāicǎi
- to extract (ore or other resource from a mine); to exploit; to mine
採 in a sentence
我們上週末去大湖採草莓。
Wǒmen shàng zhōumò qù Dàhú cǎi cǎoméi.
“We went to Dahu to pick strawberries last weekend.”
How common is 採?
採 is the 585th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 79.1% of all running text.
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