采
Translingual
Han character
采 (Kangxi radical 165, 釆+1, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月木 (BD), four-corner 20904, composition ⿱爫木)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1290, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40116
- Dae Jaweon: page 1790, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3898, character 2
- Unihan data for U+91C7
Chinese
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采 |
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Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 采 | |||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Pictogram (象形) . Two forms can be found in oracle bone script:
- 爪 (“hand”) + 果 (“fruit”) – a hand (爪) picking fruits from a tree (果 (guǒ)).
- 爪 (“hand”) + 木 (“tree”) – a hand (爪) picking from a tree (木 (mù)).
The current glyph is of composition 2.
Etymology 1
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cǎi
- Wade–Giles: tsʻai3
- Yale: tsǎi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsae
- Palladius: цай (caj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: coi2
- Yale: chói
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi2
- Guangdong Romanization: coi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhái
- Hakka Romanization System: caiˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: cai3
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰai̯³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: tshojX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.r̥ˤəʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*sʰɯːʔ/
Definitions
- to pick
- to choose
- to collect
- to exploit
- to gain
- to accept
- thing
- official position
- currency
- tomb
- color
- colored cloth
- literary talent
- alt. forms: 彩 (cǎi)
- luster
- alt. forms: 彩 (cǎi)
- beautiful in words but poor in contents
- complexion
- expression; spirit
- 興高采烈 (xìnggāocǎiliè)
- wager
- oak
- to drag
- to heed
- vine
- a surname
Compounds
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Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cài
- Wade–Giles: tsʻai4
- Yale: tsài
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsay
- Palladius: цай (caj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
Compounds
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Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 采 – see 採 (“to pick; to pluck; to select; to choose; to pick; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 採). |
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Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 采 – see 彩 (“variegated colors; rich and bright colors; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 彩). |
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Japanese
Kanji
采
Readings
Noun
Korean
Hanja
采 • (chae) (hangeul 채, revised chae, McCune–Reischauer ch'ae, Yale chay)
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