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采
採
cǎi
1. to pick
2. to pluck
3. to collect
4. to select
5. to choose
6. to gather
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

采
cǎi
to collect, to gather; to pick, to pluck
HSK 5 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

丰采
fēngcǎi
variant of [[風采|风采<fēngcǎi>]]
倒采
dàocǎi
variant of [[倒彩<dàocǎi>]]
喝采
hècǎi
acclaim
回采
huícǎi
stoping (excavating ore using stepped terraces)
多采
duōcǎi
variant of [[多彩<duōcǎi>]]
尼采
Nícǎi
Friedrich Nietzsche (1846-1900), German philosopher
采伐
cǎifá
to fell
采光
cǎiguāng
lighting
采出
cǎichū
to extract
采制
cǎizhì
collect and process
采取
cǎiqǔ
to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, book of action)
HSK 5
采场
cǎichǎng
slope
采掘
cǎijué
to excavate
采摘
cǎizhāi
to pluck
采择
cǎizé
to choose and use
采景
cǎijǐng
to choose a location
采暖
cǎinuǎn
heating
采果
cǎiguǒ
fruit picking
采样
cǎiyàng
sampling
采油
cǎiyóu
oil extraction

Alternate Entries

采
cǎi
color / complexion / looks / variant of [[彩<cǎi>]] / variant of [[採|采<cǎi>]]
采
cài
allotment to a feudal noble

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
584
Word Frequency Rank
1,182 of 84,292