Memory phrase for the character: 種

種

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Meaning

seed, kind, type, species

Pronunciation

SHU
tane

Explanation

 Left: rice plant 禾, right: heavy 重 (vehicle 車 with double wheels)

Mnemonic
 
[For the purpose of breeding:] From rice plants that are heavy, you take the seeds.

Radicals

禾 rice plantIt shows the ear/spike of a rice plant. The rice-grain has this radical: 米 and the ripe rice plant is this combination: 釆.
重 heavyA vehicle 車 with double 二 wheels is for the heavy.




 Vocabulary

種 たね  seed, pip, variety
菜種油 なたねあぶら  rapeseed oil
種類 しゅるい  variety, kind, category, counter for things
一種 いっしゅ  a species, a kind, a variety
人種 じんしゅ  race (of people)
各種 かくしゅ  every kind, all sorts
品種 ひんしゅ  brand, kind, description
種々 しゅじゅ  variety

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