采访
cǎifǎng · HSK 4
interview
🎤📝 采 = pick/gather + 访 = visit/inquire → gather news by visiting
采 means to pluck or gather (originally picking plants by hand). 访 means to visit or call on someone for information. Together: visiting people to gather their words — an interview or news coverage.
采 — hand 爫 (claw) on top of tree 木
采 is an ideographic character showing a hand (爫) reaching down over a tree (木), depicting picking fruit or leaves. Its original meaning was 'to pluck' or 'gather,' which extended to 'collect' and 'select.' Later it also took on the sense of 'colorful' or 'variegated,' a meaning now often written as 彩.