Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 重 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (種)
Simplified (种)
Notes
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Historical Evolution
种
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
种
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
种
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
种
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
种
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
种 / 種 [zhǒng]
seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts
种 / 種 [zhòng]
to plant; to grow; to cultivate
Japanese
noun
- seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kernel; stone (e.g. of a peach)
- progeny; offspring; issue; breed
- paternal blood; lineage
- sperm; semen; seed
- cause; source; seed; origin
- material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject (of discussion); theme; (news) copy; source (of a story)
- ingredient; main ingredient (of a piece of sushi); leaven
- mechanism (of a magic trick, etc.); secret; trickery
- 10-point card; tane; animal card (oft. as タネ)
noun
- cause; seed; origin (oft. ぐさ in compounds)
- variety; kind
- counter for varieties
noun
- kind; variety
- (biological) species
- (logical) species
Korean
종 [種]
-jong; A suffix used to mean a breed or a kind.
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (4)
蒔かぬ種は生えない。
You must sow before you can reap.
そんなことをすれば笑いものの種なるよ。
If you do that, you're going to subject yourself to ridicule.
６種の道具がひとまとまりになっている。
A half-dozen tools make up the tool collection.
１つの種が絶滅するたびに、我々は自然界の一部を永久に失うことになる。
Every time a species dies out, we lose forever a part of our natural world.
Japanese Names
種 たね
Tane female given namesurname
種 たねざき
Tanezaki surname
CHINESE WORDS (150)
这种 [zhèzhǒng] #256
this
各种 [gèzhǒng] #2,608
every kind of
那种 [nàzhǒng] #784
that
某种 [mǒuzhǒng] #1,340
some kind (of)
品种 [pǐnzhǒng] #11,019
breed
杂种 [zázhǒng] #1,962
hybrid
多种 [duōzhǒng] #12,170
many kinds of
种子 [zhǒngzi] #7,393
seed
种种 [zhǒngzhǒng] #8,753
all kinds of
种族 [zhǒngzú] #3,219
race
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 種類 [しゅるい] #1,286
variety
⭐ 一種 [いっしゅ] #2,738
a kind
⭐ 仕草 [しぐさ] #3,334
gesture
⭐ 人種 [じんしゅ] #6,713
race (of people)
素性 [すじょう] #6,980
birth
ある種 [あるしゅ] #7,578
certain
⭐ 種族 [しゅぞく] #8,171
race
⭐ 各種 [かくしゅ] #9,407
every kind
⭐ 火種 [ひだね] #13,035
live coals (for firelighting)
言い草 [いいぐさ] #14,328
remarks
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