采
cài
#585 most
frequent character
used in 采邑[cai4yi4] and 采地[cai4di4]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
采 pictures a hand 爫 plucking leaves from a tree 木. That gave the first meaning, to pluck leaves from a tree. The sense widened to picking or gathering, and then to choosing or selecting.
Drawn as: hand plucking leaves; tree
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