Chinese Character Wiki
采

cài, cǎi

gather, pick

Pictograph of a hand (爪) picking fruit from a tree (木).

Components
爪 iconic component

爪  Iconic component

zhǎo, zhuǎ

  

hand, claw

木 iconic component

木  Iconic component

mù

  

tree

Evolution

采 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
采 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
采 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
采 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
采 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

采 (埰) 

cài

fief

采 (採) 

cǎi

gather, collect; pick, select; to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather

采  

cǎi

color; complexion; looks; variant of 彩[cǎi]; variant of 採|采[cǎi]

采  

cài

allotment to a feudal noble

Most common words with 采
Freq.
Word
Meaning

采取

to take

采访

to interview

采用

to adopt

采

to pick

采购

to purchase

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

審

Sound component in 7 characters (4 verified)

採 彩 菜 埰 踩 睬 綵

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s.r̥ˤəʔ

tshojX

cǎi

gather, pluck

*s.r̥ˤəʔ

tshojX

cǎi

colorful


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 29.7133% of movies

1234th most common character in movies

585th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

埰採

Unicode

U+91C7

Shuowen

“采，捋取也。从木，从爪。”


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