Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 採

採

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to pick sth., to pluck, take on, gather

SAI
toru

Left: hand 扌, right: to take, pluck 采 (a hand reaches down 爫 into a tree 木 [cf. vegetable 菜])

A hand reaches downwards into a tree for plucking sth.

扌	hand	(Several characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌, 手, ヨ)
采	pluck, pick up
爫	grap downwards	(The radical notsu* shows a hand which is reaching downwards.)*

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採る	とる	to adopt (measure, proposal), to pick (fruit), to assume (attitude)
採点	さいてん	marking, grading, looking over
採択	さいたく	adoption, selection, choice
採掘	さいくつ	mining
採決	さいけつ	vote, roll call
採用	さいよう	use, adopt
採算	さいさん	profit
採集	さいしゅう	collecting, gathering
伐採する	ばっさいする	cut down (a tree)

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