采(cǎi)

HSK 38 strokesTrad. 採
Readingscǎicài

to pick

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Character information

Pinyin
cǎi / cài
Meaning
to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
採

Origin & structure

Where 采 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱爫木

A hand picking 爫 fruit from a tree 木

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

爫zhǎo木mù

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 採: hand

How to write 采 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 采

Common words using 采 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

cǎi采qǔ取
HSK 3

to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)

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cǎi采yòng用
HSK 3

to adopt

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cǎi采fǎng访
HSK 4

to interview

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cǎi采gòu购
HSK 5

to procure (for an enterprise etc)

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cǎi采nà纳
HSK 6

to accept

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cǎi采kuàng矿
HSK 7-9

mining

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fēng丰cǎi采

variant of 风采

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dǎo倒cǎi采

variant of 倒彩[dao4 cai3]

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取用访购纳矿丰倒

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