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[しゅ()]
shu
noun, noun, used as a suffix

English Meaning(s) for 種

noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. kind; variety
  2. (biological) species
  3. (logical) species

Definition and Synonyms for 種

Seed a small hard fruit
Synonyms: たね, , , , 正身, , , 種子, 種子,
Kernel a single whole grain of a cereal
Synonyms: たね, , , 穀粒
Apple Of Discord a golden apple thrown into a banquet of the gods by Eris (goddess of discord--who had not been invited)
Synonyms: たね, ,
Come the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
Synonyms: たね, , , 精液
Form a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
Synonyms: たね, たぐい, タイプ, ジャンル, , 形態, 様式, 毛色, , , 種類, 部類, , 類型
Bone Of Contention the subject of a dispute
Synonyms: たね, ,
Material information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form
Synonyms: たね, ねた, ユアン, , , , , 材料, , , , , 素材
Class a collection of things sharing a common attribute
Synonyms: , たね, クラス, カテゴリー, 分類, , 科目, , , 種別, 種族, 種目, 種類, 範疇, , , 部門, 部類, 階級
Species taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
Synonyms: たね, ,
Seed a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
Synonyms: たね, , , , 正身, 物種, , , 種子, 種子, 種物,
Stone the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
Synonyms: たね, 内果皮, 果核, , , 種子, 種子
Apple Of Discord the apple had `for the fairest' written on it and Hera and Athena and Aphrodite all claimed it
Synonyms: たね, ,
Apple Of Discord when Paris (prince of Troy) awarded it to Aphrodite it began a chain of events that led to the Trojan War
Synonyms: たね, ,

Meanings for each kanji in 種

» species; kind; class; variety; seed

Categories 種 is a member of

Prize something given as a token of victory
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Humour the liquid parts of the body
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Category a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
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Theme the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
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Information a message received and understood
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Collection several things grouped together or considered as a whole
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Taxonomic Group animal or plant group having natural relations
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Ovule a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant
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Seed Vessel the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
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Caryopsis dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
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Fruit the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
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Sample Sentences for 種

I think this kind of custom is unique to Asian countries.
Some plants cannot adapt themselves to the cold.
He can't do this kind of work, and she can't either.
Heat is a form of energy.
This is a kind of animal that lives in the sea.

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