Chinese Character 採 Meanings and components.

Form

採

Meaning

採 meaning[3] in English

To Pick.

To Pluck.

To Collect.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 採 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and to pick (采)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QBD

How to write 採

To write採cai3to pick you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 采cai3to pick arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 采 = 採

採 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 採 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 採, looks as follow:

採
Pinyin:cai3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Pick . To Pluck . To Collect . To Select . To Choose . To Gather
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
采
Pinyin:cai3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Pick . To Pluck . To Collect . To Select . To Choose . To Gather
爫
Pinyin:zhao3
Meaning[3]: 'Claw' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 87)
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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