Kanji

採

pick, take, fetch, take up

Kanji

Grade

Grade 5

Strokes

11 strokes

Radical

扌部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

サイ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

とる

Nanori (Name Reading)

もち

Common Readings

サイ, と…る

Example sentences

採用 さいよう
会議で新しい提案が採用された。

The new proposal was adopted at the meeting.

あらゆる あらゆる
あらゆる角度から検討した結果、この計画を採用することにした。

After considering it from all angles, we decided to adopt this plan.

採取 さいしゅ
研究のためにサンプルの血液を採取した。

Blood samples were collected for research purposes.

採る とる
会社は今年、五十名の新入社員を採ることに決めた。

The company decided to hire fifty new employees this year.

蛤 はまぐり
潮干狩りでたくさんの蛤を採った。

I gathered many clams at the clam digging.

採れる とれる
この地域では良質な石炭が採れる。

High-quality coal is mined in this region.

ジャム ジャム
母は毎年、庭で採れたイチゴで手作りのジャムを作る

Every year, my mother makes homemade jam using strawberries harvested from the garden.

採掘 さいくつ
新しい鉱山で金を採掘する。

They mine gold in the new mine.

閃亜鉛鉱 せんあえんこう
この鉱山では、良質な閃亜鉛鉱が採掘される。

High-quality sphalerite is mined in this mine.

採点 さいてん
先生がテストを採点します

The teacher grades the test.

Example Vocabulary

採用

さいよう

adoption; employment; hiring

採取

さいしゅ

collection; gathering; sampling

採る

とる

to adopt; to choose; to hire/employ

採れる

とれる

to be harvested; to be gathered; to be extracted (resources)

採掘

さいくつ

mining; excavation

採点

さいてん

grading; marking

採集

さいしゅう

collecting; gathering (e.g. specimens, data)

伐採

ばっさい

felling; logging; cutting down trees

採寸

さいすん

採算

さいさん

profit; profitability

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