种

See also 種

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

种 (radical 115 禾+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹木中 (HDL), four-corner 2590₆)

1. seed
2. race, breed
3. to plant

References

• KangXi: page 850, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24942
• Dae Jaweon: page 1273, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2593, character 13
• Unihan data for U+79CD

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Cantonese

Hanzi

种 (traditional 種, Yale jung2)

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Japanese

Kanji

种

Readings

• On: ちゅう (chū)
• Kun: おさない (osanai)

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Korean

Hanja

种 (hangeul 충, revised chung, McCune-Reischauer ch'ung, Yale chwung)

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Mandarin

simpl.		种
trad.		種

Hanzi

种 (traditional 種, pinyin chóng (chong2), zhǒng (zhong3), zhòng (zhong4), Wade-Giles ch'ung², chung³, chung⁴)

Pronunciation

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• IPA: [ tʂʊŋ˨˩˦ ]

Noun

种 (simplified, Pinyin zhǒng, traditional 種)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) race
2. (Beginning Mandarin) species
3. (Beginning Mandarin) seed
4. (Beginning Mandarin) guts; grit
5. (Beginning Mandarin) kind; sort; type

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ tʂʰʊŋ˧˥ ]

Proper noun

种 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin Chóng)

1. a Chinese surname: Chong

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ tʂʊŋ˥˩ ]

Verb

种 (simplified, Pinyin zhòng, traditional 種)

1. (Elementary Mandarin) to plant; to cultivate

Compounds

• zhǒng
  • 种畜
  • 种类
  • 种禽
  • 种群
  • 种条
  • 种姓
  • 种鱼
  • 种种
  • 种子
  • 种子地
  • 种族
  • 种族歧视
  • 种族主义
• Chóng
  • 种拂
  • 种邵‎
• zhòng
  • 种地
  • 种痘
  • 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆
  • 种花, 种花儿
  • 种牛痘
  • 种田
  • 种植

References

• "种" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2009-01-25.
• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
• 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785:
• "种" (in Mandarin/English), Dr. eye. URL accessed on 2009-01-25.

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Vietnamese

Han character

种 (chủng)