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类
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lèi
ルイ
たぐ.い
류
Phonosemantic compound. 犬 represents the meaning and 頪 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (類)
頪 bright white+ 犬 pooch =
類 kind
頪 Phonetic component
bright white
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犬 Meaning component
quǎn pooch
dog
Simplified (类)
米 rice+ 大 big =
类 class
米 Simplified component
mǐ rice
hulled or husked uncooked rice
Shorthand for 頪, the sound component in the traditional character 頪.
大 Simplified component
dà big
big, great, vast, large, high
Shorthand for 犬, the meaning component in the traditional character 頪.
Notes
Similar Characters
厌 detest (simp)厣 shell (iii) (simp)畎 a drain between fields倏 suddenly吠 bark哭 cry尨 shaggy haired dog状 state of affairs (jp)狀 state of affairs (trad)猋 gale猷 plot獎 award (trad)獒 mastiff獸 beast (trad)肰 dog meat臭 stinking莽 rude默 silent伏 bend over戾 perverse
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
類
Regular
Modern
Chinese
类 / 類 [lèi]
kind; type; class; category; similar; like; to resemble
Japanese
類い 、 類 、 比い (rare) 、 比 (rare) たぐい 同音

noun

  1. kind; sort; type
  2. equal; match; peer
類 るい 同音

noun

  1. kind; sort; type; class; genus; order; family
  2. similar example; parallel; the like
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
こういった類の宝石はほとんど価値がない。
These kinds of jewelry are of little value.
あの店には織物類が置いてありますか。
Does that store keep textile goods?
Japanese Names
類 たぐい
Tagui given name
類 るい
Rui given name
CHINESE WORDS (163)
人类 [rén​lèi] #808
humanity
类似 [lèi​sì] #2,235
similar
之类 [zhī​lèi] #1,380
and so on
类型 [lèi​xíng] #2,640
type
各类 [gè​lèi] #21,068
all categories
分类 [fēn​lèi] #8,975
classification
种类 [zhǒng​lèi] #9,308
kind
同类 [tóng​lèi] #9,240
similar
诸如此类 [zhū​rú​cǐ​lèi] #8,406
things like this (idiom); and so on
类固醇 [lèi​gù​chún] #8,399
steroid
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 種類 [しゅるい] #1,286
variety
⭐ 書類 [しょるい] #2,285
document
⭐ 人類 [じんるい] #3,153
mankind
類い [たぐい] #5,303
kind
⭐ 分類 [ぶんるい] #7,420
classification
部類 [ぶるい] #10,240
class
⭐ 同類 [どうるい] #11,027
the same kind
⭐ 衣類 [いるい] #12,763
clothes
⭐ 親類 [しんるい] #17,705
relative
⭐ 類似 [るいじ] #19,504
resemblance
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KOREAN WORDS (28)
서류 #3,312
document; papers
인류 #10,036
mankind; human race; humanity
종류 #10,686
kind; sort
유인원 #23,863
anthropoid; anthropoid ape
분류 #30,849
sorting; classification
부류 #41,468
category; kind
갑각류
crustaceans
과채류
fruit and vegetables
당류
sugars; saccharides
동류
same kind
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