类

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kind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble; to be similar to

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Components 米大

kind · Heisig RSH #782

米 rice + St. Bernard dog

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
人类学家	rén lèi xué jiā	anthropologist
中国鸟类学会	Zhōng guó Niǎo lèi Xué huì	China Ornithological Society
有教无类法	Yǒu jiào wú lèi fǎ	No Child Left Behind Act, USA 2001
动物分类	dòng wù fēn lèi	classification of animals
新新人类	xīn xīn rén lèi	new generation of youths (generation X, Y etc)
人类学	rén lèi xué	anthropology
类地行星	lèi dì xíng xīng	terrestrial planet
古人类学	gǔ rén lèi xué	paleoanthropology
语义分类	yǔ yì fēn lèi	semantic categorization
有教无类	yǒu jiào wú lèi	education for everyone, irrespective of background
分类学	fēn lèi xué	taxonomy; taxology; systematics
类木行星	lèi mù xíng xīng	Jovian planet
反人类	fǎn rén lèi	inhuman
鱼类学	yú lèi xué	ichthyology
一类保护动物	yī lèi bǎo hù dòng wù	class A protected animal
分类理论	fēn lèi lǐ lùn	classification theory
类星体	lèi xīng tǐ	quasar
古人类	gǔ rén lèi	ancient human species such as Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis
类球面	lèi qiú miàn	prolate spheroid (math.)
人类	rén lèi	humanity; human race; mankind