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 interview / to gather news / to hunt for and collect / to cover

to gather / to collect / to harvest

to procure (for an enterprise etc) / to purchase

to extract (ore or other resource from a mine) / to exploit / to mine

buyer / purchasing agent

to purchase / to buy / to do one's shopping / purchasing agent / buyer

to collect local cultural material (recording folk songs, taking photos etc)

collect and record

to forage / to gather for eating / to pick and eat

on-the-spot interview

to mine (or harvest, log, trap animals etc) illegally / illegal mining (or logging etc)

(mining) coalface

lit. pick orchids and present peonies (idiom); fig. presents between lovers

to adopt (a system, policy, strategy etc)

investigative reporter

to collect evidence

buyer

to buy on a considerable scale / to purchase / to procure / to stock up

fief / benefice

Sentences with 採

採 currently does not appear in any sentence.