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Kanji Detail for 種 - "seed, kind, species"

種

  • Meaning

    種 means "seed, kind, species."

    1. Seed - The reproductive part of a plant.

    2. Kind - A type; a variety.

    3. Species - A category of living things.

  • Words using 種

    • 一種 いっしゅ Listen a kind; a sort; a variety
    • 人種 じんしゅ Listen race (of people); type of person
    • 種類 しゅるい Listen variety; kind; type
    • 業種 ぎょうしゅ Listen type of industry
    • 機種 きしゅ Listen model (of machine, device); model of aircraft; type of aircraft
    • 種目 しゅもく Listen item; event
    • 品種 ひんしゅ Listen type (of goods); sort; (taxonomical) form
    • 車種 しゃしゅ Listen car model; type of (wheeled) vehicle; vehicle classification

  • Four-character idioms with 種

    • 多種多様 たしゅたよう Listen a great variety of; diversity
    • 各種各様 かくしゅかくよう Listen individual (different) ways of doing things; being different (varied) for each item (type)
    • 同文同種 どうぶんどうしゅ Listen same race and same script

  • Origin of 種

    禾, the grain plant, beside 重, which lends the reading shu: seed. The heaviest grains kept back for sowing is the image, not the etymology.

    How to remember it: The heaviest 重 grains 禾 never eaten, always kept — seed.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 種

    • Verified meaning: seed, kind, species
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read たね, たねざき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 種

    Given names 種(たね)Listen

    Surnames 種(たねざき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    species; kind; class; variety; seed

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    seed; race; offspring; to plant

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    race, kind, breed; seed; to plant

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shu(シュ) シュ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    gusa(ぐさ) ぐさ

    tane(たね) たね

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    禾 (nogi・nogihen)

  • Related Keywords

    seed kind species bloodline planting race sowing variety ancestry breed category class grain lineage origin growth

Sentences including 種

  • Many kinds of birds live in japan.

  • This kind of experience is familiar to everybody.

  • I like flowers of every description.

  • He knows all manner of animals.

  • We have planted the garden.

  • There are quite a lot of tribes in the world.

  • This kind of experience is familiar to everybody.

  • You will come to like this kind of music.

  • The university decided to do away with this kind of examination.

  • What kind of people do you like best?

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