採

cǎi = c + ai3

to pick / to pluck / to collect / to select / to choose / to gather

采 = 木 + 爫 : Mnemonic symbol: a plectrum.

采 = 木 + 爫 : The King of Chu (c) decorated the airplane's (ai3) Christmas trees (木) with plectrums (采), now it's time to decorate himself. He selects parts of his beard to shave with an electric razor (爫), then goes on to select some of the leaves to pluck them out and put them in his partly shaved face.

採 character breakdown

採
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一
- 采
  - 木
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
  - 爫
    - 丿
    - ⺍
      - 小
        
        亅
        
        八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

cǎi = c + ai3

to pick / to pluck / to collect / to select / to choose / to gather

采 = 木 + 爫 : Mnemonic symbol: a plectrum.

采 = 木 + 爫 : The King of Chu (c) decorated the airplane's (ai3) Christmas trees (木) with plectrums (采), now it's time to decorate himself. He selects parts of his beard to shave with an electric razor (爫), then goes on to select some of the leaves to pluck them out and put them in his partly shaved face.

cǎi = c + ai3

color / complexion / looks / variant of 彩[cai3] / variant of 採|采[cai3]

cài = c + ai4

allotment to a feudal noble

Characters with 採 as component

採 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 採

to adopt / to employ / to use

to accept / to adopt

mining

stone pit / quarry

sampling

oil extraction / oil recovery

coal mining / coal extraction / coal cutting

mining

seed collecting

tree tapping

to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women

lit. flower thief / fig. rapist

lit. flower thief / fig. rapist

heating

fruit picking

cotton picker

sampling rate

to dive for pearls

The Pearl Fishers, 1863 opera by Georges Bizet 比才[Bi4 cai2]

sandpit / sand quarry

Sentences with 採

採 currently does not appear in any sentence.