種
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zhǒng · race, kind, breed

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Shape and proportion

14Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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禾Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 種

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Example sentences

Notice where 種 sits in each complete thought.

Wǒ dé le yì zhǒng kě pà de gǎn mào.我得了一種可怕的感冒。

I've caught a terrible cold.

Source: Tatoeba #835700 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ tài lǎo le, zuò bù dé zhè zhǒng shì le.你太老了,做不得這種事了。

You're too old to be doing this kind of thing.

Source: Tatoeba #6089745 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā bù kě néng zuò nà zhǒng shì.他不可能做那種事。

He cannot have done such a thing.

Source: Tatoeba #8387410 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zài mǒu zhǒng chéng dù shàng wǒ néng liǎojiě nǐ.在某種程度上我能了解你。

I can understand you to some extent.

Source: Tatoeba #919881 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Rì běn rén shì bú huì zuò zhè zhǒng shì de.日本人是不會做這種事的。

A Japanese person would never do such a thing.

Source: Tatoeba #1589470 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ bù kě yǐ zài zhè lǐ zuò nà zhǒng shì.你不可以在這裡做那種事。

You aren't allowed to do that here.

Source: Tatoeba #13857130 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 種 in context

  1. Say zhǒng, then recall the core meaning: race, kind, breed.
  2. Write all 14 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 種 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.