Memory phrase for the Kanji: 類


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Meaning

sort, kind, class, variety

Pronunciation

RUI

Explanation

Left: rice and big , right: head/forehead

Mnemonic

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

Radicals

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