| 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). | 
| RTK Index (new) | 792 | 
Tags: jlpt.n2, grade5, kanjifreq501-750
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