種 Kanji for kind

N3–N2Grade 414 strokes

kind, species, class, variety, seed

Kun: たね、-ぐさ
On: シュ

種 is the Japanese kanji for kind, species, class, variety, seed. It is written with 14 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is たね、-ぐさ and its on reading is シュ.

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Words with 種

種たねseed (e.g. of a plant), pip, kernel
一いっ種しゅa kind, a sort, a variety
種しゅ類るいvariety, kind, type
人じん種しゅrace (of people)
種しゅ目もくitem, event
品ひん種しゅtype (of goods), sort

Practice 種 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.