種 · zhǒng
seed; race; offspring; to plant
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
seed; race; offspring; to plant
- Mandarin
- zhǒng
- Cantonese
- zung2
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 種 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Korean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 종
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+7A2E
- Radical
- 禾 · 115
- Strokes
- 14 · Unihan
- Residual
- 9
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
14 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 種
Character connections
No reverse component match in this collection.
Component roles · attributed
- 重 sound component · CJKVI analysis
Source analysis · 重聲
Line 10536 · ⿰禾重 · 重聲 · source reference 2530070
Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗
History & distinctions
Related forms
Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- tsyowngX · 之隴 反切 · #1171
- Middle Chinese
- tsyowngH · 之用 反切 · #2135
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 8928 · tsyowngX = 通開三上鍾章 · tsyowngH = 通開三去鍾章
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- zhǒng
- kCantonese
- zung2
- kDefinition
- seed; race; offspring; to plant
- kTotalStrokes
- 14
- kRSUnicode
- 115.9
- kSimplifiedVariant
- U+79CD
- kGradeLevel
- 1
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- chóng,zhǒng,zhòng 42617.170
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- zhǒng 1500.031 · zhòng 1501.061
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- zhǒng(3481) zhòng(285)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- zhǒng粵zung2 zhòng粵zung3
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 之隴 之用
- Kangxi positions
- 0856.160
- Guangyun positions
- 237.37 345.16
- GSR references
- 1188d
- Cangjie
- HDHJG
- Four-corner
- 2291.4