采

See also: 埰, 採, and 釆
采 U+91C7, 采
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91C7
← 釆
[U+91C6] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 釈 →
[U+91C8]

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

采 (radical 165, 釆+1, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月木 (BD), four-corner 20904, composition ⿱爫木)

Derived charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 1290, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40116
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1790, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3898, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+91C7

ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.
 采

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 采
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       
Characters in the same phonetic series (采) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
采 *sʰɯːʔ
睬 *sʰɯːʔ
彩 *sʰɯːʔ
採 *sʰɯːʔ
綵 *sʰɯːʔ
寀 *sʰɯːʔ
菜 *sʰɯːs
埰 *sʰɯːs
棌 *sʰɯːs

. Two forms can be found in oracle bone script:

  1. 爪 (“hand”) + 果 (“fruit”) – a hand (爪) picking fruits from a tree (果).
  2. 爪 (“hand”) + 木 (“tree”) – a hand (爪) picking from a tree (木).

The current glyph is of composition 2.

Etymology 1Edit

Pronunciation 1Edit

Rime
Character 采
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 倉宰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sʰʌiX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sʰəiX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sʰɒiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sʰəjX/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sʰᴀiX/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sʰɒiX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡sʰɑ̆iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		cǎi
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 采 采
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		cǎi cǎi
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tshojX › ‹ tshojX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s.r̥ˁəʔ/ /*s.r̥ˁəʔ/
English gather, pluck colorful

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 采
Reading # 1/1
No. 1070
Phonetic
component 		采
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		采
Old
Chinese 		/*sʰɯːʔ/
DefinitionsEdit

采

  1. to pick
  2. to choose
  3. to collect
  4. to exploit
  5. to gain
  6. to accept
    alt. forms: *採 (1~6)
  7. thing
  8. official position
  9. currency
  10. tomb
  11. color
    alt. forms: *綵, 彩
  12. colored cloth
    alt. forms: *綵, 彩
  13. literary talent
    alt. forms: 彩
  14. luster
    alt. forms: 彩
  15. beautiful in words but poor in contents
  16. complexion
  17. expression; spirit
    興高采烈／兴高采烈 (xìnggāocǎiliè)
  18. wager
  19. oak
  20. to drag
  21. to heed
    alt. forms: *採, 睬, 倸
  22. vine
  23. A surname​.
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 采

Pronunciation 2Edit

DefinitionsEdit

采

  1. fief
    alt. forms: *寀, 埰
  2. Alternative form of 菜 (cài).
CompoundsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 采 – see 採 (“to select; to choose; to pick; to pick; to pluck”).
(This character, 采, is the simplified form of 採.)
Notes:

Etymology 3Edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 采 – see 彩 (“variegated colors; rich and bright colors; literary grace or grace in art; variety; gracefulness; brilliance; etc.”).
(This character, 采, is the second-round simplified form of 彩.)
Notes:

JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

采

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. a die, dice

ReadingsEdit

NounEdit

采(さい) • (sai) 

  1. a die, dice

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

采 • (chae) (hangeul 채, revised chae, McCune–Reischauer ch'ae, Yale chay)

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