采

• 拼音: cǎi
• 汉字拆解: 采 = 爫 (claw/hand) + 木 (tree), depicting picking from a tree

含义

To pick; to gather; to collect; to mine. The action of harvesting or extracting something.

A versatile verb used for picking plants (采花), collecting samples (采样), mining resources (采矿), and gathering information (采访). Often appears in compound words. The traditional form is 採.

例句

1. 村民们每年秋天都会上山采蘑菇。
2. 研究人员正在采集土壤样本进行分析。
3. 这片山区盛产煤炭，采了几十年了。

用法指南

语境: agriculture, research, mining

语气: active

正确说法

• 我们去采野花吧。(Let's go pick wildflowers.)
• 这里不允许采矿。(Mining is not allowed here.)

错误说法

• 我采了一本书。(For taking/getting books, use 拿 or 取 — 采 is for picking/gathering natural things)

起源与历史

Originally depicted a hand (爪) picking from a tree (木). Simplified from 採, meaning to pluck or gather.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal