Meaning
kind; type; race; breed; seed; species (taxonomy)
Chinese: 种类；读 zhòng 时表示种植。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “zhong” becomes a different word in each tone. 种 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 各种gè zhǒngevery kind of; all kinds of; various
- 种子zhǒng ziseed
- 多种duō zhǒngmany kinds of; multiple; diverse; multi-
- 种植zhòng zhíto plant; to grow (a crop); to cultivate
- 种类zhǒng lèikind; genus; type; category
Example Sentence
这种水果很甜。Zhè zhǒng shuǐ guǒ hěn tián.This kind of fruit is very sweet.
这种Zhè zhǒngthis kind of水果shuǐ guǒfruit很hěnvery甜tiánsweet。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The grain radical 禾 (meaning) plus 中 (zhōng, sound): a seed (zhǒng); a kind/type; read zhòng it means ‘to plant’. Simplified from 種.
A way to remember it
Grain (禾) + the sound 中 — a seed, a kind.
Easy to confuse with
- 和‘Harmony / and’: also the grain radical 禾, but paired with 口.