Character Contained In References Comments
Simplified Traditional Ancient forms Archaic forms
釆 traditional form

Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
采
Mandarin
bian4, cai3
English
Definitions
to distinguish; KangXi radical 165
Etymology
Notes
Pictograph: considered to be the pawprint of a beast; maybe it means to distinguish in that one must determine which animal left the print; synonymous with 辨; probably actually depicts scattering seed