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Kanji Grade 5 - 採

Kanji character Grade 5 採. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 5 - 採
About
pick, take, fetch, take up
Kun: と.る
On: サイ
11 strokes
Radical: hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts: 扎 木 爪
 
Onyomi
採決 【サイケツ】 vote, ballot, division
採掘 【サイクツ】 mining
伐採 【バッサイ】 felling timber, cutting down trees, logging, lumbering
掘採 【クッサイ】 mining
 
Kunyomi
採る 【とる】 to adopt (method, proposal, etc.), to take (measure, course of action, etc.), to decide on, to pick (e.g. flowers), to gather (e.g. mushrooms), to catch (e.g. insects), to extract (e.g. juice), to take (e.g. a sample), to assume (an attitude), to take on (workers, students), to employ, to hire, to draw in (e.g. water), to let in (e.g. light from a window)
採るべき道 【とるべきみち】 course of action