Chinese Character 采 Meanings and components.

Form

采

Meaning

采 meaning[3] in English

To Pick.

To Pluck.

To Collect.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 采 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'claw' radical in … (爫) , and surname Mu (木)

Its radical[1] is: 釆 (bian4) which means: Old Variant Of 辨[Bian4], .釆bian4old variant …

In cangjie it is written with BD

How to write 采

To write采cai3to pick you should write a combination of 爫zhao3'claw' radical … , 木mu4surname Mu arranged in a 吕 shape:

爫 + 木 = 采

采 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

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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