采

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

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,024 U+91C7

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A hand picking 爫 fruit from a tree 木

components: 爫木

pick · Heisig RSH #665

vulture + 木 tree

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 采 as their sound component

These characters all use 采 (cǎi) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
采 sound component	cǎi	to collect, to gather; to pick, to pluck
菜	cài	vegetables; order, dish; food
彩	cǎi	color, hue; prize; brilliant; variegated
踩	cǎi	to step on; to stamp
睬	cǎi	to notice, to pay attention to

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
无精打采	wú jīng dǎ cǎi	dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless; in low spirits; washed out
采取行动	cǎi qǔ xíng dòng	to take action; to adopt policies; to move on some issue
可采性	kě cǎi xìng	(mining) workability (of deposits of coal, ore etc)
可采性	kě cǎi xìng	(law) admissibility (of evidence in court)
采石场	cǎi shí chǎng	stone pit; quarry
应采儿	Yīng Cǎi ér	Cherrie Ying Choi-Yi (1983–), actress
没精打采	méi jīng dǎ cǎi	listless; dispirited; washed out; also written 沒精打彩\|没精打彩[mei2 jing1 da3 cai3]
采地	cài dì	fief
采行	cǎi xíng	to adopt (a system, policy, strategy etc)
采花	cǎi huā	to pick flowers; to enter houses at night in order to rape women
文采	wén cǎi	literary talent; literary grace; rich and bright colors
采出	cǎi chū	to extract; to mine
开采	kāi cǎi	to extract (ore or other resource from a mine); to exploit; to mine
采风	cǎi fēng	to collect local cultural material (recording folk songs, taking photos etc)
风采	fēng cǎi	svelte; elegant manner; graceful bearing
多采	duō cǎi	variant of 多彩[duo1 cai3]
神采	shén cǎi	expression; spirit; vigor
光采	guāng cǎi	variant of 光彩[guang1 cai3]
采光	cǎi guāng	to get natural light (e.g. through a window)
可采	kě cǎi	(mining) recoverable; workable