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採点 (さいてん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

採さい点てん

さ

い

て

ん

Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

marking; grading; scoring

Used for evaluating and assigning marks to tests, answers, performances, or competitions.

先せん生せいがテストの採さい点てんをしている。
The teacher is grading the tests.
この問もん題だいは

採さい

点てん

が

難むずか

しい

。

This question is difficult to grade.

Kanji

採pick, take, fetch
点spot, point, mark

Similar words

評ひょう価か
評価 is broader, covering evaluation, appraisal, and estimation of value or quality, while 採点 focuses specifically on assigning numerical scores or marks.
点てん数すう
点数 is the resulting score or mark itself, whereas 採点 is the act of scoring.

Etymology

Compound of 採 (pick, collect) and 点 (point, mark). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally yields the meaning 'to collect points' → 'to grade'.