Read Edit View history 种 zhǒngzhòng HSK3 seed Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 中 represents the sound. Simplified form of 種. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhǒng ×zhòng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 种 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 種 ×种 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 种 Simp strokes 种 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 种 Simp strokes 种 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 种 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 454, 728 ], [ 385, 734 ], [ 322, 686 ], [ 257, 647 ], [ 222, 636 ], [ 213, 626 ], [ 199, 626 ], [ 194, 618 ], [ 175, 615 ], [ 165, 605 ], [ 149, 606 ], [ 137, 594 ] ], [ [ 101, 446 ], [ 161, 443 ], [ 366, 502 ], [ 420, 503 ] ], [ [ 281, 638 ], [ 304, 624 ], [ 314, 607 ], [ 306, 272 ], [ 294, 119 ], [ 307, 27 ] ], [ [ 285, 450 ], [ 275, 441 ], [ 256, 373 ], [ 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409 291 422 293 Q 429 294 433 304 Q 436 316 427 338 Q 421 354 394 366 Q 337 382 330 379 C 303 376 308 372 330 352 Z", "M 504 522 Q 491 528 460 532 Q 448 536 445 530 Q 438 524 447 508 Q 477 447 495 346 Q 498 315 516 295 Q 534 273 539 289 Q 542 298 542 310 L 540 344 Q 528 389 516 486 C 512 516 512 519 504 522 Z", "M 852 386 Q 882 483 910 511 Q 931 533 902 551 Q 877 570 850 584 Q 835 596 773 573 Q 736 570 694 557 L 638 547 Q 611 543 585 536 Q 537 527 504 522 C 474 517 486 482 516 486 Q 525 486 536 489 Q 599 507 634 513 Q 635 514 638 513 L 693 522 Q 739 529 802 537 Q 815 538 819 532 Q 831 513 801 395 C 794 366 843 357 852 386 Z", "M 691 332 Q 763 344 863 352 Q 873 353 875 362 Q 875 369 852 386 L 801 395 Q 797 395 794 394 Q 740 382 691 370 L 638 360 Q 586 351 540 344 C 510 339 512 311 542 310 Q 551 309 562 311 Q 593 318 638 325 L 691 332 Z", "M 638 325 Q 634 -6 652 -36 Q 667 -52 676 -30 Q 692 12 691 332 L 691 370 Q 691 455 693 522 L 694 557 Q 695 714 717 749 Q 724 765 704 780 Q 679 799 636 811 Q 617 815 604 802 Q 594 793 606 781 Q 634 757 637 723 Q 638 656 638 547 L 638 513 Q 639 458 639 393 Q 638 377 638 360 L 638 325 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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