類 — 18 strokes ／ Radical「頁」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 18 strokes ／ Radical「頁」
- On
- ルイ
- Kun
- たぐい
- Meaning
- kind; sort; type; similar
Origin
Phonetic-semantic: 犬 (dog) with 頪 for sound; like dogs of the same kind, a grouping of similar things, hence 'kind/type'.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| ルイ | 類型・種類・分類 |
|---|---|
| たぐい | 類い・○○の類い |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 種類しゅるい
kind; variety
- 分類ぶんるい
classification
Example
本を 種類ごとに 分ける。
I sort the books by kind.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)