采

See also: 埰, 採, and 釆

采 U+91C7, 采 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91C7 ← 釆 [U+91C6] CJK Unified Ideographs 釈 → [U+91C8]

Translingual

Han character

采 (radical 165 釆+1, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月木 (BD), four-corner 2090₄, composition ⿱爫木)

References

• KangXi: page 1290, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40116
• Dae Jaweon: page 1790, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3898, character 2
• Unihan data for U+91C7

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		采

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 采
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (采) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
采	*sʰɯːʔ
睬	*sʰɯːʔ
彩	*sʰɯːʔ
採	*sʰɯːʔ
綵	*sʰɯːʔ
寀	*sʰɯːʔ
菜	*sʰɯːs
埰	*sʰɯːs
棌	*sʰɯːs

Pictogram (象形). Two forms can be found in oracle bone script:

1. 爪 (“hand”) + 果 (“fruit”) – a hand (爪) picking fruits from a tree (果).
2. 爪 (“hand”) + 木 (“tree”) – a hand (爪) picking from a tree (木).

The current glyph is of composition 2.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎi (cai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhái
• Min Nan (POJ): chhái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ
    • Wade-Giles: ts'ai³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsae
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi²
    • Yale: chói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhái
    • Hakka Romanization System: cai`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cai³
    • IPA: /t͡sʰa̯i³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhái
    • Tâi-lô: tshái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰaɪ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰaɪ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰaɪ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰaɪ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaɪ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰʌi^X/▼

Rime
Character	采
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	倉宰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰəiX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰəjX/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰᴀiX/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɒiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cǎi

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*s.r̥ˤəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰɯːʔ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	采	采
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cǎi	cǎi
Middle Chinese	‹ tshojX ›	‹ tshojX ›
Old Chinese	/*s.r̥ˤəʔ/	/*s.r̥ˤəʔ/
English	gather, pluck	colorful
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	采
Reading #	1/1
No.	1070
Phonetic component	采
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	采
Old Chinese	/*sʰɯːʔ/

Definitions

采

1. to pick
2. to choose
3. to collect
4. to exploit
5. to gain
6. to accept

   alt. forms: 採 (1~6)

7. thing
8. official position
9. currency
10. tomb
11. color

    alt. forms: 綵, 彩

12. colored cloth

    alt. forms: 綵, 彩

13. literary talent

    alt. forms: 彩

14. luster

    alt. forms: 彩

15. beautiful in words but poor in contents
16. complexion
17. expression
18. wager
19. oak
20. to drag
21. to heed

    alt. forms: 採, 睬, 倸

22. vine
23. A surname​.

Compounds

Derived terms from 采

• 下采
• 不大精采
• 不討采／不讨采
• 不采
• 丰采
• 五采
• 偢采
• 儷采／俪采
• 光采
• 喝倒采
• 喝采
• 多姿多采
• 多采多姿 (duōcǎi-duōzī)
• 大放異采／大放异采
• 大采
• 尼采 (Nícǎi)
• 展采
• 干名采譽／干名采誉
• 得采
• 情采
• 捋采
• 文采 (wéncǎi)
• 文采風流／文采风流
• 有采
• 樵采
• 氣揚采飛／气扬采飞
• 沒精打采／没精打采 (méijīng-dǎcǎi)
• 沒采／没采

• 無精打采／无精打采 (wújīngdǎcǎi)
• 異采／异采
• 發采揚明／发采扬明
• 神采 (shéncǎi)
• 神采奕奕 (shéncǎi yìyì)
• 神采奕然
• 神采煥發／神采焕发
• 神采英拔
• 神采飛揚／神采飞扬
• 神采駿發／神采骏发
• 符采
• 精采
• 精采絕倫／精采绝伦
• 納采／纳采
• 結采／结采
• 興高采烈／兴高采烈 (xìnggāocǎiliè)
• 舉手可采／举手可采
• 葑菲之采
• 藍采和／蓝采和
• 蟠采
• 衣不兼采
• 衣不完采
• 衣不重采
• 褒采一介
• 詞采／词采
• 辭采／辞采
• 采光剖璞
• 采女 (cǎinǚ)

• 采椽不斲
• 采石之役
• 采石磯／采石矶
• 采綠／采绿
• 采緝／采缉
• 采聲／采声
• 采色
• 采芑
• 采芹
• 采苓
• 采菽
• 采葛
• 采薇
• 采薪之憂／采薪之忧
• 采薪之疾
• 采蘋／采苹
• 采蘩
• 采蘭贈芍／采兰赠芍
• 采詩／采诗
• 采采
• 采頭／采头
• 采風／采风 (cǎifēng)
• 采風錄／采风录
• 鏤金錯采／镂金错采
• 風采／风采 (fēngcǎi)
• 風采堂堂／风采堂堂
• 鹿門采藥／鹿门采药

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cài (cai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cài
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ
    • Wade-Giles: ts'ai⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsay
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

采

1. fief

   alt. forms: 寀, 埰

2. Alternative form of 菜 (cài).

Compounds

• 采地 (càidì)

• 采邑 (càiyì)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 采 – see 採 (“to select; to choose; to pick; to pick; to pluck”). (This character, 采, is the simplified form of 採.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 采 – see 彩 (“hue, colour; variegated colours”). (This character, 采, is the second-round simplified form of 彩.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

采

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. a die, dice

Readings

• Goon: さい (sai, Jōyō)
• Kan’on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
• Kun: とる (toru, 采る)

Noun

采 (hiragana さい, rōmaji sai)

1. a die, dice

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Korean

Hanja

采 • (chae) (hangeul 채, revised chae, McCune-Reischauer ch'ae, Yale chay)

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