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The Radical: 采
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Hanzi-Trainer
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Meaning |
pluck 采
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Explanation |
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Used in these Kanji:
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菜
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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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.
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艹
采
爫
木
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彩
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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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.
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采
彡
爫
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采
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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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.
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爫
采
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踩
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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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 (hand 爫 plucks from above into a tree 木)
The "plucking with the foot" means to: tread on it.
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足
采
爫
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睬
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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take notice of, pay attention, heed
cǎi Left: eye 目, right: to pluck 采 (A hand plucks from above 爫 into a tree 木.)
The eye "plucks", when: taking notice of sth.
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目
采
爫
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