種 (zhǒng)
kind; type; sort; seed
How 種 is written
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 禾 — grain
- Traditional
- 種
- Simplified
- 种
Components
- 禾 grain
- ㇒ N/A
- 十 ten
- 里 village/mile
種 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- zhǒng
- seed; species; kind; type
- zhòng
- to plant; to grow; to cultivate
Common words using 種
- 各種各樣 gèzhǒnggèyàng
- various sorts and varieties
- 品種 pǐnzhǒng
- breed; variety; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 物種 wùzhǒng
- species
- 特種兵 tèzhǒngbīng
- commando; special forces soldier
- 種子 zhǒngzi
- seed; CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]
- 種種 zhǒngzhǒng
- all kinds of
- 亞種 yàzhǒng
- subspecies (taxonomy)
- 人種 rénzhǒng
- race (of people)
- 傳種 chuánzhǒng
- to reproduce; to propagate
- 兵種 bīngzhǒng
- (military) branch of the armed forces
- 孬種 nāozhǒng
- coward; useless scoundrel
- 孽種 nièzhǒng
- bane of one's existence; vile spawn
種 in a sentence
這種水果在台灣很常見。
Zhèzhǒng shuǐguǒ zài Táiwān hěn chángjiàn.
“This kind of fruit is very common in Taiwan.”
How common is 種?
種 is the 57th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 32.4% of all running text.
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