# 採 gather

(handleft) + (nest) + 木 (tree)
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11 strokes
DUPE

## Onyomi

SAI |

## Mnemonic

| I SIGH as I gather with my hand the nest from the tree (the eggs of the last dodo are inside - all eaten from within by hideous gibbering parasites).

## Kunyomi

と*る | gather (mushrooms, cherries, honey (if you are a bee)). Also, sometimes, it means to adopt a certain policy or take a certain measure. ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

採用(さいよう) する | adopt ★☆☆☆☆ 採 (gather) + 用 (utilize) = 採用 (adopt) adopt a policy or resolution
伐採(ばっさい) | logging ☆☆☆☆☆ cutting down a tree. Logging.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
深 | deep | WATER | 水
探 | look for | HANDS | 手
採 | gather | NEST |
捜 | search | FREEDOM | 由
授 | instruct | RECIEVE | 受

The merman lives in the deep WATER.

You look for delicious PIE, but you gather NESTS so the birds all die.

You search for FREEDOM.

You RECEIVE instruction.

## Synonyms

take 取 撮 採る 執る