The kanji 種: meaning, readings and stroke order

種

Meaning: seed, kind
On reading: シュ shu
Kun reading: たね tane
Strokes: 14
Radical: 禾 grain
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: hạt giống, loại (chủng)
Japanese: たね。しゅるい。
Korean: 씨앗, 종류 (종)
Chinese: 种子、种类 (种)

Readings, words and example sentences

シュ shu · on reading

種しゅ類るい
kind, type
庭の花の 種しゅ類るいを調べます。
I look up the kinds of flowers in the garden.

たね tane · kun reading

種たね
seed
畑に 種たねをまきます。
I plant seeds in the field.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.