Hanja Analyzer
種

種 — jong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
씨 종
Romanization
jong
English
seed; race; offspring; to plant
Mandarin
zhǒng
Japanese on'yomi
シュ, チョウ, ショウ, ジュ
Japanese kun'yomi
たね -ぐさ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#461 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
禾 (115, 9 residual)
Unicode
U+7A2E

Parts that make up 種

  • 禾 벼 화 이삭이 늘어진 벼곡식과 농사
  • 重 무거울 중 등에 짐을 진 사람무겁다. ‘중·동·종’ 계열의 소리

How 種 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 種 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 禾, 重.

Korean example words with 種

  • 동종同種 Korean gloss: 같은 종류
  • 별종別種 Korean gloss: 다른 종류
  • 강종鋼種 Korean gloss: 강철의 종류
  • 기종機種 Korean gloss: 기계의 종류
  • 모종某種 Korean gloss: 어떠한 종류
  • 물종物種 Korean gloss: 물건의 종류
  • 유종油種 Korean gloss: 석유의 종류
  • 채종菜種 Korean gloss: 채소의 씨앗
  • 어종魚種 Korean gloss: 물고기의 종류
  • 종삼種蔘 Korean gloss: 종자로 쓰는 삼
  • 수종樹種 Korean gloss: 나무의 종류나 종자
  • 업종業種 Korean gloss: 직업이나 영업의 종류

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 種

  • 一種いっしゅ a kind; a sort; a variety
  • 種類しゅるい variety; kind; type
  • 人種じんしゅ race (of people); type of person
  • 種目しゅもく item; event
  • 機種きしゅ model (of machine, device); model of aircraft; type of aircraft
  • 業種ぎょうしゅ type of industry
  • 品種ひんしゅ type (of goods); sort; (taxonomical) form
  • 車種しゃしゅ car model; type of (wheeled) vehicle; vehicle classification
  • 種子しゅし seed; pit
  • 職種しょくしゅ type of occupation; occupational category
  • 予防接種よぼうせっしゅ vaccination; inoculation; immunization
  • 同種どうしゅ same kind; same sort; same species

Other hanja read “종”

Other hanja with radical 禾

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