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Translingual
Han character
採 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手月木 (QBD), four-corner 52094, composition ⿰扌采)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 438, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12274
- Dae Jaweon: page 788, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1901, character 1
- Unihan data for U+63A1
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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采
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*sʰɯːʔ
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睬
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*sʰɯːʔ
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彩
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*sʰɯːʔ
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採
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*sʰɯːʔ
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綵
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*sʰɯːʔ
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寀
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*sʰɯːʔ
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菜
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*sʰɯːs
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埰
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*sʰɯːs
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棌
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*sʰɯːs
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰɯːʔ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 采 (OC *sʰɯːʔ, “to pick”). Originally written 采.
Etymology
See 采 (OC *sʰɯːʔ).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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採
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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cǎi
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Middle Chinese
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‹ tshojX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*s.r̥ˁəʔ/
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English
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gather, pluck
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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採
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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1073
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Phonetic component
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采
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Rime group
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之
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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采
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Old Chinese
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/*sʰɯːʔ/
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Notes
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俗採字見史記
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Definitions
採
- to pick; to pluck
- to select; to choose; to pick
- to gather; to collect
- to mine; to dig
- to pull; to drag
- Alternative form of 睬 (cǎi, “to pay attention to”)
Synonyms
- 允集 (yǔnjí) (literary)
- 匯 / 汇 (huì)
- 匯總 / 汇总 (huìzǒng)
- 匯聚 / 汇聚 (huìjù)
- 匯集 / 汇集 (huìjí)
- 叢集 / 丛集 (cóngjí)
- 團聚 / 团聚 (tuánjù)
- 坌集 (bènjí) (literary)
- 委會 / 委会 (wěihuì) (literary)
- 密集 (mìjí)
- 彙集 / 汇集 (huìjí)
- 徵集 / 征集 (zhēngjí)
- 採擷 / 采撷 (literary)
- 採集 / 采集 (cǎijí)
- 搜羅 / 搜罗 (sōuluó)
- 搜集 (sōují)
- 摟 / 搂 (lōu)
- 攏 / 拢 (lǒng)
- 攢 / 攒 (cuán)
- 攢聚 / 攒聚 (cuánjù)
- 攢集 / 攒集 (cuánjí)
- 收羅 / 收罗 (shōuluó)
- 收錄 / 收录 (shōulù)
- 收集 (shōují)
- 會合 / 会合 (huìhé)
- 會聚 / 会聚 (huìjù)
- 會集 / 会集 (huìjí)
- 湊 / 凑 (còu)
- 湊集 / 凑集 (còují)
- 相聚 (xiāngjù)
- 籌集 / 筹集 (chóují)
- 糾合 / 纠合 (jiūhé) (literary)
- 糾集 / 纠集 (jiūjí) (derogatory)
- 群集 (qúnjí)
- 聚 (jù)
- 聚合 (jùhé)
- 聚攏 / 聚拢 (jùlǒng)
- 聚斂 / 聚敛 (jùliǎn)
- 聚會 / 聚会 (jùhuì)
- 聚集 (jùjí)
- 聚首 (jùshǒu) (formal, usually of leaders, important figures)
- 蒐集 (sōují)
- 薈萃 / 荟萃 (huìcuì) (literary)
- 蝟集 / 猬集 (wèijí) (literary)
- 調集 / 调集 (diàojí)
- 集 (jí) (literary, or in compounds)
- 集中 (jízhōng)
- 集合 (jíhé)
- 集會 / 集会 (jíhuì)
- 集結 / 集结 (jíjié)
- 麇集 (qúnjí) (literary)
- 刨
- 挖掘 (wājué)
- 採掘 / 采掘 (cǎijué)
- 發掘 / 发掘 (fājué)
- 開掘 / 开掘 (kāijué)
- 開採 / 开采 (kāicǎi)
- 開鑿 / 开凿 (kāizáo, “to dig (tunnels, river channels, etc.)”)
Compounds
Japanese
Shinjitai
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採
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Kyūjitai [1]
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採󠄁 採+󠄁 ? (Adobe-Japan1)
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採󠄃 採+󠄃 ? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
採
(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
- to gather, to collect, to take
Readings
References
- ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 961 (paper), page 530 (digital)
Korean
Hanja
採 • (chae) (hangeul 채, revised chae, McCune–Reischauer ch'ae, Yale chay)
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Vietnamese
Han character
採: Hán Nôm readings: thái, thám, thăm, thớm, xăm, xom, xái, thải, thảy, trảy, trẩy, tảy
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