种

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seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

禾 meaning “grain” + 中 sound ( zhōng )

Components 禾中

species · Heisig RSH #766

wild rice + 中 middle

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
种族中心主义	zhǒng zú zhōng xīn zhǔ yì	ethnocentrism
基本多文种平面	jī běn duō wén zhǒng píng miàn	basic multilingual plane (BMP)
白色人种	bái sè rén zhǒng	the white race
有色人种	yǒu sè rén zhǒng	colored races
亚美人种	Yà měi rén zhǒng	see 黃種\|黄种[huang2 zhong3]
种族主义者	zhǒng zú zhǔ yì zhě	racist (person)
外来物种	wài lái wù zhǒng	an introduced species
种族主义	zhǒng zú zhǔ yì	racism
黄种人	huáng zhǒng rén	person traditionally classified as belonging to the Mongoloid race, including East Asians,…
种小名	zhǒng xiǎo míng	(biology) specific epithet
多种维生素	duō zhǒng wéi shēng sù	multivitamin
种本名	zhǒng běn míng	(biology) specific epithet
种子	zhǒng zi	seed; CL:顆\|颗[ke1],粒[li4]
人种	rén zhǒng	race (of people)
一种	yī zhǒng	one kind of; one type of
维基物种	Wéi jī wù zhǒng	Wikispecies, (species.wikimedia.org), online project to catalog all known species
风情万种	fēng qíng wàn zhǒng	(idiom) captivating; charming
种地	zhòng dì	to farm; to work the land
种马	zhǒng mǎ	stallion; stud horse
种子岛	Zhǒng zi dǎo	Tanegashima, Japanese Island off Kyushu, the Japanese space launch site

Characters sharing the sound component 中 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
中 sound part	zhōng	central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
虫	chóng	insect, worm; mollusk
冲	chōng	wash, rinse, flush; dash; soar
钟	zhōng	clock; bell
忠	zhōng	loyalty, devotion, fidelity
肿	zhǒng	swelling; swollen; to swell
盅	zhōng	small cup or bowl
忡	chōng	sad, grieving; distressed, uneasy