The kanji 類: meaning, readings and stroke order
類
- Meaning
- kind, type
- On reading
- ルイ rui
- Kun reading
- たぐ(い) tagui
- Strokes
- 18
- Radical
- 頁 leaf
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
- Old form
- 類
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- loại, loài (loại)
- Japanese
- なかま。しゅるい。
- Korean
- 종류, 무리 (류·유)
- Chinese
- 种类、类 (类)
Readings, words and example sentences
ルイ rui · on reading
人類
humankind, people
人類は むかしから 火を 使います。
People have used fire since long ago.
たぐ(い) tagui · kun reading · less common
類い
kind, sort
見た ことの ない 類いの 品です。
It is a kind of thing I have never seen.
Practise writing 類 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 類 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 4 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
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.