# 種 — Kind

Frequency rank 378 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 改 (Renew), less common than 馬 (Horse).

- On’yomi: しゅ
- Kun’yomi: たね
- Radical: 禾 Grain (Kangxi 115)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

Grain on the left meets heavy on the right — heavy grain bends the stalks down because there are so many kinds of grain growing.

In words:

- 種 たね — (1) seed,(2) material,(3) cause,source
- 種々 くさぐさ — variety
- 種類 しゅるい — variety,kind,type

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