采 (cǎi): meaning and stroke order
采 (cǎi) means to pick, to pluck, to collect, to select, to choose, to gather, color, complexion, looks.
采
- Simplified
- 采
- Traditional
- 採, 采
- Pinyin
- cǎi · cài
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Stroke order of 采
采
- cǎi to pick; to pluck
- cǎi color; complexion
- cài used in 采邑[cai4 yi4] and 采地[cai4 di4]
- 8 strokes
- Traditional form: 採
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Meaning of 采
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cǎi
Traditional 採
- to pick
- to pluck
- to collect
- to select
- to choose
- to gather
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cǎi
- color
- complexion
- looks
- variant of 彩[cai3]
- variant of 採|采[cai3]
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cài
- used in 采邑[cai4 yi4] and 采地[cai4 di4]
Radical and structure
- 采
- Radical 釆 (Kangxi radical 165) · 8 strokes · 爫 on top, 木 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 采
- 采访 cǎi fǎng to interview; to gather news
- 采购 cǎi gòu to procure (for an enterprise etc); to purchase
- 采取 cǎi qǔ to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
- 采纳 cǎi nà to accept; to adopt
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).