Kanji N3

種: species, kind, class

種 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning species, kind, class, written with 14 strokes. It is read シュ (on) and たね (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 種類 (しゅるい, variety) and 人種 (じんしゅ, race).

種

Meanings

  • species
  • kind
  • class
  • variety
  • seed
Strokes14
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#461 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • シュ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • たね
  • -ぐさ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

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Common words with 種

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 種類しゅるい

    variety; kind; type; category

    JLPT N3
  • 人種じんしゅ

    race (of people)

    JLPT N3
  • 種たね

    seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kernel

    JLPT N3
  • 一種いっしゅ

    a kind; a sort; a variety; a species

    JLPT N3
  • 品種ひんしゅ

    type (of goods); sort

    JLPT N1
  • 種々くさぐさ

    various; a variety of; all kinds of; many

    JLPT N1
  • 各種かくしゅ

    every kind; all sorts

    JLPT N1
  • 機種きしゅ

    model (of machine, device)

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.