# 採 — Gather

Frequency rank 1005 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 央 (Center), less common than 紹 (Introduce).

- On’yomi: さい
- Kun’yomi: と
- Radical: 手 Hand (Kangxi 64)
- Frequency path: Level VIII of XX

Fingers on the left reach under a canopy into a tree on the right -- fingers plucking fruit from a tree under a canopy is the act of gathering.

In words:

- 採る とる — (1) to adopt (measure, proposal),(2) to pick (fruit)
- 採点 さいてん — marking,grading,looking over
- 採算 さいさん — profit

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