Kanji 種: "species, kind, class"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 種

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 種しゅ類るいvariety; kind; type; category · counter for kinds, species, etc.
• 種くさcause; seed; origin · variety; kind
• 一いっ種しゅa kind; a sort; a variety; a species · of sorts; something of a; a sort of
• 種たねseed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kernel; stone (e.g. of a peach) · progeny; offspring; issue; breed
• 人じん種しゅrace (of people) · type of person
• ある種しゅcertain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
• 種しゅ族ぞくrace; tribe; ethnic group · species; genus; family
• 各かく種しゅevery kind; all sorts
• 火ひ種だねlive coals (for firelighting) · cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
• 種しゅ々じゅvarious; a variety of; all kinds of; many
• 種しゅ目もくitem; event
• 種しゅ子しseed; pit

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