Word details
種
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 種.
Dictionary
Entry
1
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kernel; stone (e.g. of a peach)
Examples
蒔かぬ種は生えない。
You must sow before you can reap.
2
progeny; offspring; issue; breed
3
paternal blood; lineage
4
sperm; semen; seed
5
cause; source; seed; origin
Examples
そんなことをすれば笑いものの種なるよ。
If you do that, you're going to subject yourself to ridicule.
6
material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject (of discussion); theme; (news) copy; source (of a story)
7
Food, cooking
ingredient; main ingredient (of a piece of sushi); leaven
8
mechanism (of a magic trick, etc.); secret; trickery
9
Word usually written using kana alone; Hanafuda; Oft. as タネ
10-point card; tane; animal card
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
種
species, kind, class, variety, seed
14 strokesFrequency 461JLPT N2Grade 4
On
シュ
Kun
たね-ぐさ
Nanori
おいくさたほ
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