采

See also: 埰, 採, and 釆

Translingual

Han character

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

1. collect, gather
2. pick, pluck, select

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
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 爫 ‎(“hand”) + 木 – a hand (爪, 爫) picking from a tree (木).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎi (cai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • 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
    • 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 (Taipei): /t͡sʰaɪ⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰaɪ⁵³/

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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

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Compounds

Derived terms from 采

• 下采
• 不大精采
• 不討采／不讨采
• 不采
• 丰采 (fēngcǎi)
• 五采
• 偢采
• 儷采／俪采
• 光采
• 喝倒采
• 喝采 (hècǎi)
• 多姿多采
• 多采多姿 (duōcǎi-duōzī)
• 大放異采／大放异采
• 大采
• 尼采
• 展采
• 干名采譽／干名采誉
• 得采
• 情采
• 捋采
• 文采
• 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 (méi jīng dǎ cǎi)
• 沒采／没采
• 無精打采／无精打采 (wú jīng dǎ cǎi)

• 異采／异采
• 發采揚明／发采扬明
• 神采
• 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
• 采地
• 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
• 采邑 (càiyì)
• 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

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Japanese

Kanji

采

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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