Memory phrase for the Kanji: 採

採

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Meaning to pick sth., to pluck, take on, gather

Pronunciation

SAI
toru

Explanation

Left: hand 扌, right: to take, pluck 采 (a hand reaches down 爫 into a tree 木 [cf. vegetable 菜])

Mnemonic
 
A hand reaches downwards into a tree for plucking sth.

Radicals

扌 handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌, 手, ヨ
采 pluck, pick up
爫 grap downwardsThe radical notsu shows a hand which is reaching downwards.
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 Vocabulary

採る とる  to adopt (measure, proposal), to pick (fruit), to assume (attitude)
採点 さいてん  marking, grading, looking over
採択 さいたく  adoption, selection, choice
採掘 さいくつ  mining
採決 さいけつ  vote, roll call
採用 さいよう  use, adopt
採算 さいさん  profit
採集 さいしゅう  collecting, gathering
伐採する ばっさいする  cut down (a tree)

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