Chinese Character 种 Meanings and components.

Form

种

Meaning

种 meaning[3] in English

Seed.

Species.

Kind.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 种 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are cereal (禾) , and China (中)

Its radical[1] is: 禾 (he2) which means: Cereal, Grain, .禾he2cereal

In cangjie it is written with HDL

How to write 种

To write种zhong3seed you should write a combination of 禾he2cereal , 中zhong1China arranged in a 吅 shape:

禾 + 中 = 种

种 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 种 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 种, looks as follow:

种
Pinyin:zhong3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Seed . Species . Kind . Type . Classifier For Types, Kinds, Sorts
禾
Pinyin:he2
Meaning[3]: Cereal . Grain
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
中
Pinyin:zhong1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: China . Chinese . Surname Zhong
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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