採
cǎi HSK7

gather

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approved by Peter Olson · Nov 10, 2021, 11:00 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Nov 10, 2021, 11:00 PM

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Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 采 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

采
采 Sound component
cǎi gather, pick

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttshojXs.r̥ˤəʔ gather, pluck

Sources

Character origin
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Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart