採 – pick, take, fetch

11 strokesTaught in grade 5#607 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 採 means pick, take, fetch, take up. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is サイ (sai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is と.る (toru). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	サイ	sai
Kun’yomi	と.る	toru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 爪・木・扎.

Words using 採

採集さいしゅうcollecting採点さいてんmarking採るとるto adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)採掘さいくつmining採決さいけつvote採算さいさんprofit採択さいたくadoption採用さいようuse

Example sentences

砂から金を分離採集する方法をお見せしましょう。

I'll show you how to separate gold from sand.

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私達の先生は試験の採点をしている。

Our teacher is marking exam papers.

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彼らはその動議について採決をした。

They took a vote on the motion.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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