種 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「禾」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「禾」
- On
- シュしゅ · shu
- Kun
- たねtane
- Meaning
- seed; kind
Stroke order
Origin
Phonetic-semantic: 禾 (grain plant) for meaning and 重 for sound; the 'seed' of a crop, and by extension 'kind, type.'
Readings and examples
| Onシュしゅshu | 種類しゅるい人種じんしゅ品種ひんしゅ |
|---|---|
| Kunたねtane | 種しゅ菜種なたね一粒種いちつぶしゅ |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 種類しゅるい
kind, type
- 種子しゅし
seed
- 種苗しゅびょう
- 乙種おっしゅ
- 種痘しゅとう
- 丙種へいしゅ
- 絶滅危惧種ぜつめつきぐしゅ
- 播種はしゅ
Example
庭に花の種をまきました。
I sowed flower seeds in the garden.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)