Memory phrase for the Kanji: 類

類

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Meaning sort, kind, class, variety

Pronunciation

RUI

Explanation

Left: rice 米 and big 大, right: head/forehead 頁

Mnemonic
 
Rice as big as a head: But what kind of a sort?

Radicals

米 riceThe rice plant has this radical: 禾
大 bigA person 人 with wide spread arms 一 and legs appears big.
頁 (fore-)head, pageThe radical oogai stands for (fore-)head and is at the right side of the kanji. Also this character 首 is used for: head.
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 Vocabulary

類 るい  kind, sort, class, genus
人類 じんるい  mankind, humanity
種類 しゅるい  variety, kind, category, counter for things
類推 るいすい  analogy
分類 ぶんるい  classification
書類 しょるい  documents, official papers
衣類 いるい  clothes, garments, clothing
親類 しんるい  relation, kin
類似 るいじ  analogous

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