採
採 — Pick
pick, take, fetch, take up
On’yomiサイ (sai)
Kun’yomiとる (toru)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 採
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 採用 | さいよう saiyou | use; adoption; acceptance |
| 採決 | さいけつ saiketsu | vote; ballot; division |
| 採択 | さいたく saitaku | adoption; selection; choice |
| 採算 | さいさん saisan | profit |
| 伐採 | ばっさい bassai | felling timber; cutting down trees; logging |
| 採点 | さいてん saiten | marking; grading; scoring |
Study notes
採 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 5), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #607 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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