种

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See also: 種
种 U+79CD, 种
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Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

种 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹木中 (HDL), four-corner 25906, composition ⿰禾中)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 850, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24942
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1273, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2593, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+79CD

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (中) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
中 *tuŋ, *tuŋs
忠 *tuŋ
衷 *tuŋ, *tuŋs
忡 *tʰuŋ
浺 *tʰuŋ
盅 *tʰuŋ, *duŋ, *tjoŋ
种 *duŋ
沖 *duŋ
翀 *duŋ
仲 *duŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *duŋ) : semantic 禾 (“rice”) + phonetic 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 种 – see 種 (“seed; kernel; cereal; clan; ethnic group; ethnicity; race; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 種).
Notes:

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 种

Altered from the original surname 仲 (MC drjuwngH).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 种
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 東 (2)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 直弓切
Baxter drjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɖɨuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖiuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȡiuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖuwŋ/
Li
Rong 		/ȡiuŋ/
Wang
Li 		/ȡĭuŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȡʱi̯uŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cung4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 种
Reading # 1/1
No. 17415
Phonetic
component 		中
Rime
group 		終
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		蟲
Old
Chinese 		/*duŋ/

Definitions

种

  1. a surname
    种輯／种辑  ―  Chóng Jí  ―  Chong Ji (politician in the Han Dynasty)

References

Japanese

Kanji

种

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

种 (eum 충 (chung))

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Vietnamese

Han character

种: Hán Nôm readings: chủng

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