采 (cǎi, cài) — Chinese Character

采

cǎi, cài

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

Radical: 釆 HSK 7 v ideographic

Components & Etymology

采 decomposes into the following components:

爫木

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 采.

丰采

fēng cǎi

variant of 風采|风采[feng1 cai3]

倒采

dào cǎi

光采

guāng cǎi

可采

kě cǎi

喝采

hè cǎi

acclaim

回采

huí cǎi

stoping (excavating ore using stepped terraces)

多采

duō cǎi

multicolored

尼采

ní cǎi

Friedrich Nietzsche (1846-1900), German philosopher

开采

kāi cǎi

to extract (ore or other resource from a mine)

文采

wén cǎi

literary talent

盗采

dào cǎi

神采

shén cǎi

expression

Characters that share the radical 釆.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.