種

See also 种

Translingual

Han character

種 (radical 115 禾+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹木竹十土 (HDHJG), four-corner 2291₄, composition ⿰禾重)

1. seed
2. race
3. offspring
4. to plant

References

• KangXi: page 856, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25174
• Dae Jaweon: page 1281, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2617, character 17
• Unihan data for U+7A2E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

種 (simplified 种, Yale jung2, jung3)

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Japanese

Noun 1

種 (hiragana たね, romaji tane)

1. seeds

Noun 2

種 (hiragana しゅ, romaji shu)

1. species

Proper noun

種 (hiragana たね, romaji Tane)

1. A surname.

Kanji

種 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. seeds
2. species, kind

Readings

• On: しゅ (shu)
• Kun: たね (tane), うえる (ueru)

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Korean

Hanja

種 (hangeul 종, revised jong, McCune-Reischauer chong, Yale cong)

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Mandarin

simplified	种
traditional	種

Hanzi

種 (simplified 种, pinyin zhǒng (zhong3), zhòng (zhong4), Wade-Giles chung³)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ tʂʊŋ˨˩˦ ]

Noun

種 (traditional, Pinyin zhǒng, simplified 种)

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: [ tʂʊŋ˥˩ ]

Verb

種 (traditional, Pinyin zhòng, simplified 种)

1. (Elementary Mandarin) to plant; to cultivate

References

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

種 (chủng, chõng, chỏng, chổng, giống, trồng)