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採 kanji
pick, take, fetch, take up
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
サイ
Kun readings
とる
Words with 採
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —採番numbering; assigning a number
- —採卵egg collection (from hens, fish, etc.); oocyte collection
- —採金gold mining; extraction of gold
- —掘採mining
- —採尿urine sampling; urine collection
- —採種seed production; seed growing; gathering seeds
- —採火lighting a sacred flame by the light of the Sun
- —採水water collection; water sampling
- —採捕collecting (plants and animals); gathering; capturing; catching
- —臨採long-term substitute teacher (filling in for someone on maternity or long-term sick leave)
- —採納adoption (e.g. of a proposal); acceptance
- —採餌feeding (by animals); food getting
- —採訪research visit; visit to collect data (esp. historical, folklore, etc.)
- —採草cutting grass for fodder or compost; seaweed collecting
- —採食foraging; feeding
- —採便stool sampling
- —採薬gathering medicinal herbs
- —採蜜harvesting honey; gathering nectar
- —採暖experiencing heat (e.g. in a sauna)
- —採算性profitability