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採

Level VIII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 1005 / 2,608

Gather

On’yomi
さい
Kun’yomi
と
Radical
手 Hand (Kangxi 64)

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

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

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)N2
採点 さいてん marking,grading,looking overN2
採算 さいさん profitN1

採 is rank 1005 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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