Question

采 と.る、いろどり 1 爪: claw; nail; talon木: tree; wood 釆 7 (none) grab A common meaning for this kanji is ´DICE´. --- Ever wonder what vultures do up in the trees? They play DICE. But of course, being vultures, they are always grabbing the dice away from each other.

Accepted Answer

サイ dice, form, appearance, take, coloring S 8 165 のごめ・のごめへん 会意 Compound Ideographic You ever wondered why this appeared as a primitive in so many RTK1 kanji? Well, you should know that once a vulture grabs hold of a tree, he can never let go. Even Heisig couldn´t shake him loose.

Kanji	采
Onyomi	サイ
Kunyomi	と.る、いろどり
English	dice, form, appearance, take, coloring
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Components	爪: claw; nail; talon 木: tree; wood
Number of Strokes	8
Kanji Radical	釆
Radical Number	165
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	のごめ・のごめへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	grab
Koohii Story 1	You ever wondered why this appeared as a primitive in so many RTK1 kanji? Well, you should know that once a vulture grabs hold of a tree, he can never let go. Even Heisig couldn´t shake him loose.
Koohii Story 2	A common meaning for this kanji is ´DICE´. --- Ever wonder what vultures do up in the trees? They play DICE. But of course, being vultures, they are always grabbing the dice away from each other.

采 サイ と.る、いろどり Dice Form Appearance Coloring S

采サイと.る、いろどり Dice Form Appearance Coloring S