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The Japanese Radical: 采
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Meaning |
pluck, pick up 采
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Explanation |
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Used in these characters:
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菜
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JLPT 4Joyo 4 |
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| vegetable, greens
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Top: plant 艹, below: to pluck/harvest 采 (A hand 爫 reaches down into a tree 木)
Plants that are plucked are vegetables. |
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採
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| to pick sth., to pluck, take on, gather
toru, SAI
扌
采
爫
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Left: hand 扌, right: to take, pluck 采 (a hand reaches down 爫 into a tree 木 [cf. vegetable 菜])
A hand reaches downwards into a tree for plucking sth. |
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彩
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| coloring, makeup, painting
irodoru, SAI
采
爫
彡
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Left: to pluck 采 (.. a hand reaches down 爫 into a tree 木), right: hair 彡
I pluck something (like the staining plant 'henna') for my hair to be colored. |
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采
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| pluck, get, take
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Top: hand reaching down 爫, bottom: tree 木
Pictograph of a hand reaching down into a tree to pluck (or get) sth. |
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