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采

JLPT N1 8 strokes

Meanings

Dice, Form, Appearance, Take, Gather, Coloring

Radicals

釆

Decomposition

⿱爫木

Etymology

Ideographic: A hand picking 爫 fruit from a tree 木

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left

2 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

3 dot right-to-left

4 diagonal right-to-left

5 horizontal bottom-to-top

6 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

7 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 diagonal top-left-to-bottom-right

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

サイ sai

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

と to

いろどり irodori

Words Using This Kanji

17 words total

Other (17 words)

cheers

to lead

baton (of command)

appearance

clapping and cheering

betrothal gift

of poor appearance

to wield a baton

surpassing looks

high-ranking staff member in the Office of Court Ladies (ritsuryō system)

采女正うねめのかみ

director of the Office of Court Ladies (ritsuryō system)

采女司うねめのつかさ

Office of Court Ladies (ritsuryō system)

采女うねめ

maid-in-waiting (ritsuryō system)

喝采を送るかっさいをおくる

to applaud

采振木ざいふりぼく

Asian serviceberry (Amelanchier asiatica)

采配蘭さいはいらん

Cremastra appendiculata (species of orchid)

采さい

baton (of command)

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