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Pick E.G Adoption Coloring Vulture Tree 採 サイ

Kanji
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
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).

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade5, kanjifreq501-750

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