The kanji 採: meaning, readings and stroke order

採

Meaning: pick, adopt
On reading: サイ sai
Kun reading: と（る） toru
Strokes: 11
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: hái, chọn lấy (thái)
Japanese: とる。えらんでつかう。
Korean: 따다, 뽑다 (채)
Chinese: 采摘、采用 (采)

Readings, words and example sentences

サイ sai · on reading

採さい用よう
choosing (an idea), hiring
みんなの案が 採さい用ようされました。
Our group's idea was chosen.

と（る） toru · kun reading

採とる
to pick, to gather
山できのこを 採とります。
We pick mushrooms in the mountains.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.