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Kanji Detail for 采 - "dice, form"
采
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Meaning
采 means "dice, form." Also associated with fief.
Color - Hue; appearance.
Fief - Land granted by a lord.
Dice - Cubes used in games.
Select - To pick; to choose.
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Four-character idioms with 采
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拍手喝采
はくしゅかっさい
clapping and cheering; applause
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拍手喝采
はくしゅかっさい
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Tattoo check: 采
- Verified meaning: dice, form
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read あや, うね, うねざき, ことは)
- Also carries these associations: fief
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 采
Given names 采(あや)
采(ことは)
Surnames 采(うね)
采(うねざき)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
dice; form; appearance; take; gather; coloring
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
collect, gather; pick, pluck
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to collect, to gather; to pick, to pluck
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To pick. As in the Book of Odes having the chapters "Picking White Clover" and "Picking Duckweed." | To select. As in 采選淑女 (selecting virtuous women). The above meanings are now commonly written as 採. | Ornament. Mixed colors are called 雜采 (variegated colors). Also, one's bearing is called 風采. Now commonly written as 彩. | In ancient times, a minister's fief was called 采. 邑采 (fief). Because officials were fed from the land, it was called 采地 (fief land). Found in the commentary to the Book of Han.
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Sentences including 采
The crowd gave the winner a big hand.
Dick takes after his mother in appearance.
The two brothers are quite unlike in their appearance.
The two brothers are quite unlike in their appearance.
The speech was greeted by loud cheers.
He has a slightly foreign appearance.
His great performance drew thundering applause from the audience.
His infectious humor stimulated applause.
With one accord the audience stood up and applauded.
As I entered the room, they applauded.