IDENTITY
种zhǒngkind; seed; to plant
HSK 2Top 150
CORE MEANING
kind; seed; to plant
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.kind; typeHSK2
- 2.to plant (zhòng)HSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 禾grain radical (hé)
- strokes
- 9
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰禾中
- grain; plants
- gives the sound zhǒng/zhòng
USAGE
Common words
一种yì zhǒnga kind of
各种gèzhǒngall kinds of
种子zhǒngziseed
Graded examples
店里有各种水果。Diàn lǐ yǒu gèzhǒng shuǐguǒ.HSK3
The shop has all kinds of fruit.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 钟
LEARNING
Memory aid
Grain (禾) sorted in the middle (中) — seeds, kinds of plants. (From 種.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #150
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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