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种
種
zhòng
1. to plant
2. to grow
3. to cultivate
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

种
zhǒng
race, kind, breed; seed; to plant
HSK 3 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

一种
yīzhǒng
one kind of
乙种
yǐzhǒng
beta- or type 2
亚种
yàzhǒng
subspecies (taxonomy)
人种
rénzhǒng
race (of people)
传种
chuánzhǒng
to reproduce
兵种
bīngzhǒng
(military) branch of the armed forces
各种
gèzhǒng
every kind of
品种
pǐnzhǒng
breed
HSK 6
坏种
huàizhǒng
bad kind
多种
duōzhǒng
many kinds of
套种
tàozhòng
one crop grown together with others
孬种
nāozhǒng
coward
孽种
nièzhǒng
bane of one's existence
工种
gōngzhǒng
kind of work in production (e.g. benchwork, foundry work etc)
带种
dàizhǒng
(coll.) to have character
引种
yǐnzhǒng
(agriculture) to introduce a new plant variety
引种
yǐnzhòng
(agriculture) to plant an introduced variety
情种
qíngzhǒng
affectionate
拌种
bànzhǒng
seed dressing
采种
cǎizhǒng
seed collecting

Alternate Entries

种
zhǒng
seed / species / kind / type / classifier for types, kinds, sorts
HSK 3

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
56
Word Frequency Rank
114 of 84,292

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