# 種 seed　/ type or kind

(wheat) + 重 (heavy / overlap)
★★★★★
14 strokes

## Onyomi

SHU | See His Underpants - what kind are they?

## Mnemonic

| This kind of wheat seed is really heavy.

## Kunyomi

たね | seed ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

種類(しゅるい) | variety or type of thing ★★★★☆ 種 (seed　/ type or kind) + 類 (category,type) = 種類 (variety or type of thing)
人種(じんしゅ) | race of people ★★★☆☆ 人 (person) + 種 (seed　/ type or kind) = 人種 (race of people) race of people. (BOOBOO - 人種 is not ethnic group like Albanians, it means race like honkeys.)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
郵 | mail | TOWN |
剰 | excessive | SWORD | 刀
種 | seed　/ type or kind | WHEAT |
動 | movement | STRENGTH | 力

You send a letter in the mail to TOWN,

but the SWORD cuts the excessive stuff down.

Types of WHEAT seeds come in different lengths,
but to move and plant them takes a lot of STRENGTH.

## Synonyms

race or ethnic group 人種 民族