采

cǎi = c + ai3

to pick / to pluck / to collect / to select / to choose / to gather

采 = 木 + 爫 : Mnemonic symbol: a plectrum.

采 = 木 + 爫 : The King of Chu (c) decorated the airplane's (ai3) Christmas trees (木) with plectrums (采), now it's time to decorate himself. He selects parts of his beard to shave with an electric razor (爫), then goes on to select some of the leaves to pluck them out and put them in his partly shaved face.

采

cǎi = c + ai3

color / complexion / looks / variant of 彩[cai3] / variant of 採|采[cai3]

采

cài = c + ai4

allotment to a feudal noble

采 character breakdown

采
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 爫
  - 丿
  - ⺍
    - 小
      - 亅
      - 八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏

木

mù = mu + Ø4

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree.

Malte Monkey (mu) is setting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He decorates the tree with eight-balls (八) and puts a holy cross (十) at the top of the tree.

爫

zhǎo = zh + ao3

"claw" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 87)

Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character remind me of a smiling mouth over a beard; thus, I'll represent it by an electric razor. James II of England (zh) uses his electric razor (爫) to shave his beard in the aorta's living room (ao3).

Characters with 采 as component

睬

倸

cǎi = c + ai3

variant of 睬[cai3]

睬 = 目 + 采 : The King of Chu (c) is playing a song for the sun (目) in the airplane (ai3), but the sun is not paying attention to the song at all. It only pays attention (睬) to the King of Chu's beautiful golden plectrum (采).

埰

cài = c + ai4

old variant of 采[cai4]

采

采 character breakdown

Characters with 采 as component

Words with 采

Sentences with 采