The Chinese Radical: 采


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Meaning
pluck    采

Explanation A hand reaches from above 爫 into a tree 木 to pluck something.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
vegetable
cài
Top: plant 艹, below: to pluck 采 (A hand 爫 plucks from above at a tree 木.)
Plants you can pluck from above from a 'tree', are the vegetables.  
JLPT HSK 4
colorful, colored, tint
cǎi
Left: to pluck 采 (hand 爫 plucks from above into a tree 木), right: hair 彡 (here: tree flowers)
You pluck (i.e. on a meadow) three flowers, which are colorful.  
JLPT HSK 5
to pluck, to pick, to collect, select
cǎi, cài
Top: hand reaching down 爫, bottom: tree 木
A hand is reaching downwards into a tree to pluck sth.  
JLPT HSK 5
to step on, to tread, to stamp, to press a pedal
cǎi
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: to pluck 采 (A hand reaches from above 爫 into a tree 木 to pluck something.)
The "plucking with the foot" means to: tread on it.  
JLPT HSK 6
take notice of, pay attention, heed
cǎi
Left: eye 目, right: to pluck 采 (A hand reaches from above 爫 into a tree 木 to pluck something.)
The eye "plucks", when: taking notice of sth.  

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