種 — species, kind, class

たね種 species

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 14 strokes

U+7A2E Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #461 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1810 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

species
kind
class
variety
seed

word

たね tane Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

種(たね) tane seed

しゅ shu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

種(しゅ) 類(るい) shurui type 各(かく) 種(しゅ) kakushu various 一(いっ) 種(しゅ) isshu a kind of 機(き) 種(しゅ) kishu model 人(じん) 種(しゅ) jinshu race 業(ぎょう) 種(しゅ) gyoushu type of industry 品(ひん) 種(しゅ) hinshu breed 種(しゅ) 々 shuju various

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

禾 grain

じゅう重 heavy

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#115 禾 grain