采
- to pick;
- to gather;
- appearance;
- color;
- style;
Etymology
A compound ideographcomposed of:
爪 — hand or claw
木 — tree
It depicts the action of picking something (like fruit) from a tree by hand, giving the original meaning “to gather or pluck.”
Semantic development:
- to pick or gather (from a tree);
- to select or adopt;
- appearance or bearing;
- color, brightness, or style.
Usage in Korean
풍채 (風采) — appearance; bearing
문채 (文采) — literary elegance; style
Additional notes
Words that derived from 采
采
풍채
채
pungchae
chae
Kangxi radical:165, 釆 + 1
Strokes:8
Unicode:U+91C7
Cangjie input:
- 月木 (BD)
Composition:
- ⿱ 爫 木