Question

採 と.る 採用(さいよう): (1) use; adoption; acceptance (2) appointment; employment; engagement採決(さいけつ): vote; roll call採算(さいさん): profit採点(さいてん): marking; grading; scoring採集(さいしゅう): collecting; gathering採択(さいたく): adoption; selection; choice採掘(さいくつ): mining採る(とる): (1) to adopt (measure, proposal) (2) to pick (e.g. fruit); to catch (e.g. insects); to take (e.g. a sample) (3) to assume (attitude) (4) to take on (i.e. hire); to engage 5 手: hand采: dice; form; appearance; take; coloring 手 4 (none) pick Tip: vulture + tree : Heisig later combines these into a single kanji 采 called grab (#2090). Story: As you go to pick your nose, your parent grabs your finger and pulls it away (& gives you a lecture on social etiquette). REF: "grab" also appears in vegetable (#734), coloring (#1714).

Accepted Answer

サイ pick, take, fetch, take up 2 607 11 64 て・てへん 形声 Phonetic You pick cheries with your fingers, then along comes a giant vulture and picks up the whole tree with its claws.

Kanji	採
Onyomi	サイ
Kunyomi	と.る
English	pick, take, fetch, take up
Examples	採用(さいよう): (1) use; adoption; acceptance (2) appointment; employment; engagement 採決(さいけつ): vote; roll call 採算(さいさん): profit 採点(さいてん): marking; grading; scoring 採集(さいしゅう): collecting; gathering 採択(さいたく): adoption; selection; choice 採掘(さいくつ): mining 採る(とる): (1) to adopt (measure, proposal) (2) to pick (e.g. fruit); to catch (e.g. insects); to take (e.g. a sample) (3) to assume (attitude) (4) to take on (i.e. hire); to engage
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	5
Frequency	607
Components	手: hand 采: dice; form; appearance; take; coloring
Number of Strokes	11
Kanji Radical	手
Radical Number	64
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	て・てへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	pick
Koohii Story 1	You pick cheries with your fingers, then along comes a giant vulture and picks up the whole tree with its claws.
Koohii Story 2	Tip: vulture + tree : Heisig later combines these into a single kanji 采 called grab (#2090). Story: As you go to pick your nose, your parent grabs your finger and pulls it away (& gives you a lecture on social etiquette). REF: "grab" also appears in vegetable (#734), coloring (#1714).

Pick E.G Adoption Coloring Vulture Tree 採 サイ

Pick E.G Adoption Coloring Vulture Tree 採サイ