Additional information about 采
說文解字: 【采】，捋取也。 〔唐寫本木部殘卷無「取」。〕 从木、从爪。 〔小徐本「爪」上無「从」；唐寫本木部殘卷作「從爪、木。」〕 【倉宰切】
- Criteria
- COLOUR
1. The standard word for colour of any kind is sè 色.
2. Cǎi 采 normally refers to colours coexisting with others on one object.
3. Yán 顏 "face" is perhaps occasionally used to refer to colour but no early examples are very telling.
- CHOOSE
1. The general word for making a deliberate and in principle free choice is qǔ 取 "to choose or opt for (the preferred alternative), to prefer" (ant 捨 "reject"), and what is thus chosen or preferred may be concrete or abstract.
2. Zé 擇 is "to choose between, make a free choice among (alternative objects presenting themselves)" and the word applies to all sorts of choices, formal or informal.
3. Xuǎn 選 and the rarer bá 拔 (ant. chì 斥 "set aside") is an administrative term referring to the choice of incumbents for a position to be filled according to given criteria of choice.
4. Cǎi 采 is close in meaning to qǔ 取 but does not naturally correspond to any antonym like shě 捨 "reject".
5. Qū 趨 (ant. bì 避 "shy away from and avoid") and the rarer xiàng 嚮 (ant. bèi 背 "turn one's back on") refer to a tendency to exercise a certain preference.
6. Níng 寧 "would rather, prefer to" expresses a free moral or intellectual or practical choice. See PREFER
- Word relations
- Object: (PLUCK)薪/FIREWOOD
The current general word for firewood is xīn 薪 and specifically the word refers to thick branches that can perhaps be used for making logs. - Assoc: (CHOOSE)取/CHOOSE
The general word for making a deliberate and in principle free choice is qǔ 取 "to choose or opt for (the preferred alternative), to prefer" (ant. 捨 "reject"), and what is thus chosen or preferred may be concrete or abstract. - Assoc: (CHOOSE)擇/CHOOSE
Zé 擇 is "to choose between, make a free choice among (alternative objects presenting themselves)" and the word applies to all sorts of choices, formal or informal. - Synon: (PLUCK)掇/PLUCK