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Kanji Grade 4 - 種

Kanji character Grade 4 種. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 4 - 種
About
species, kind, class, variety, seed
Kun: たね、 -ぐさ
On: シュ
14 strokes
Radical: grain 禾
Parts: | ノ 日 禾 里
 
Onyomi
種 【シュ】 kind, variety, (biological) species, (logical) species
種子 【シュシ】 seed, pit
職種 【ショクシュ】 type of occupation, occupational category
業種 【ギョウシュ】 type of industry
 
Kunyomi
種 【たね】 seed (e.g. of a plant), pip, kind, variety, quality, tone, material (e.g. for an article), matter (e.g. of a story), subject, theme, (news) copy, ingredient, leaven (bread), main ingredient of a sushi, cause, source, trick, secret, magician's trick, inside story, paternal blood, lineage, breed (of a stock), sperm, semen, 10-point card (in hanafuda), tane, animal card
種馬 【たねうま】 studhorse, stallion, breeding horse
菜種 【なたね】 rapeseed, coleseed
自分で蒔いた種 【じぶんでまいたたね】 situation of one's own doing