种

See also: 種

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (中) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
中	*tuŋ, *tuŋs
忠	*tuŋ
衷	*tuŋ, *tuŋs
忡	*tʰuŋ
浺	*tʰuŋ
盅	*tʰuŋ, *duŋ, *tjoŋ
种	*duŋ
沖	*duŋ
翀	*duŋ
仲	*duŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *duŋ) : semantic 禾 (“rice”) + phonetic 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 种 – see 種 (“seed; kernel; cereal; clan; ethnic group; ethnicity; race; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 種).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		种

Altered from the original surname 仲 (MC drjuwngH).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóng (chong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung²
    • Yale: chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorng
    • Palladius: чун (čun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cung⁴
    • Yale: chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiông
    • Tâi-lô: thiông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tioong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɔŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: drjuwng

Rime
Character	种
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直弓切
Baxter	drjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuwŋ/
Li Rong	/ȡiuŋ/
Wang Li	/ȡĭuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*duŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	种
Reading #	1/1
No.	17415
Phonetic component	中
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蟲
Old Chinese	/*duŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 种

1. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

种

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じゅう (jū)
• Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)
• Kun: おさない (osanai, 种い); わかい (wakai, 种い)

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Korean

Hanja

种 (eum 충 (chung))

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Vietnamese

Han character

种: Hán Nôm readings: chủng

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