Chinese Character 種 Meanings and components.

Form

種

Meaning

種 meaning[3] in English

Seed.

Species.

Kind.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with HDHJG

How to write 種

To write種zhong3seed you should write a combination of 禾he2cereal , 重zhong4to repeat arranged in a 吅 shape:

禾 + 重 = 種

種 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

種
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
重
Pinyin:zhong4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Repeat . Repetition . Again . Re- . Classifier: Layer
千
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thousand
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
里
Pinyin:li3
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 裡|里[Li3]
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

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

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

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