种
zhǒngzhòng HSK3

seed

种 (種) zhǒng frequency
kind measure word
a type, variety, or sort; used as a classifier for categories of things

这是一种非常罕见的现象。

zhè shì yī zhǒng fēi​cháng hǎn​jiàn de xiàn​xiàng.

This is a very rare phenomenon.

seed noun
a seed, biological species, or breed

农民们正在挑选优良的种。

nóng​mín men zhèng​zài tiāo​xuǎn yōu​liáng de zhǒng.

Farmers are selecting high-quality seeds.

种 (種) zhòng
plant verb
to plant, grow, or cultivate crops or plants

他在后院种了一些蔬菜。

tā zài hòu​yuàn zhòng le yī​xiē shū​cài.

He planted some vegetables in his backyard.

inflict hickey verb
to intentionally cause a hickey on someone's skin via suction

他的脖子上被种了一个草莓。

tā de bó​zi shàng bèi zhòng le yī gè cǎo​méi.

He has a hickey on his neck.

Frequency
Character
Written text
57th most common 2601.2 per million
Movie subtitles
192nd most common 905.1 per million appears in 97% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
468.5 per million appears in 79% of films
Written text
796.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Traditional
種
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+79CD

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)