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cǎi

to collect, to gather; to pick, to pluck

💡 Ideographic: A hand picking 爫 fruit from a tree 木
HSK 5 8 strokes Very Common (6%)

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⿱爫木 i

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Component Tree i

zhǎo
claws, nails, talons
📷 Pictographic: A bird's talons; compare 爪
4 strokes
tree; wood, lumber; wooden
📷 Pictographic: A tree
4 strokes HSK 5

Words Using 采 (69)

cǎiqǔ
采取
HSK 5
to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, book of action) / to take
cǎifǎng
采访
HSK 5
to interview / to gather news / to hunt for and collect / to cover
cǎinà
采纳
HSK 6
to accept / to adopt
cǎijí
采集
HSK 6
to gather / to collect / to harvest
cǎigòu
采购
HSK 6
to procure (for an enterprise etc) / to purchase
wújīngdǎcǎi
无精打采
HSK 6
dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless / in low spirits / washed out
xìnggāocǎiliè
兴高采烈
HSK 6
happy and excited (idiom) / in high spirits / in great delight
kāicǎi
开采
HSK 6
to extract (ore or other resource from a mine) / to exploit / to mine
cài
allotment to a feudal noble
cǎi
to pick / to pluck / to collect / to select / to choose / to gather
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