The 采 family
采 · cǎi · ㄘㄞˇ — color
Know 采 and the readings of 4 more characters follow: 菜、彩、採、踩. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 菜cài · ㄘㄞˋ部首 艸 · grassvegetable; greens; dish (of food)84%
- 彩cǎi · ㄘㄞˇ部首 彡 · "bristle" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 59), occurring in 彪, 影, 形 etc(bright) color; variety93%
- 採cǎi · ㄘㄞˇ部首 扌 提手旁 · handto pick; to pluck93%
- 踩cǎi · ㄘㄞˇ部首 足 · footto step on; to tread93%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 采 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 采 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 91%.
Words this family builds
- 精彩
- 採取
- 採訪
- 蔬菜
- 彩虹
- 色彩
- 採用
- 彩票
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