The Chinese Radical: 采


Hanzi-Trainer
Search:
 
Meaning
pluck    采

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
vegetable
cài
Top: plant , below: to pluck (A hand plucks from above at a tree .)
Plants you can pluck from above from a 'tree', are the vegetables.
JLPT HSK 4
colorful, colored, tint
cǎi
Left: to pluck (hand plucks from above into a tree ), right: hair (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 , bottom: tree
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 (knee cap and footprint ), right: to pluck (hand plucks from above into a tree )
The "plucking with the foot" means to: tread on it.
JLPT HSK 6
take notice of, pay attention, heed
cǎi
Left: eye , right: to pluck (A hand plucks from above into a tree .)
The eye "plucks", when: taking notice of sth.

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.

At the page you get the memory phrases for learning the Chinese Hanzi. If you are learning the Japanese kanji, please follow this link.



List of the characters | List of the radicals
Get the app of the Hanzi-Trainer!

The app has many other functions, such as character selection according to difficulty, practice programs, handwriting recognition and success statistics!

To the Trainer