Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

461 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: species, kind, class, variety, seed

Kunyomi: たね -ぐさ

Onyomi: シュ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: のぎへん

Meaning: grain

Strokes: 5

Examples

Examples with audio

(じんしゅ)   race (of people)

(しょくしゅ)   occupational category

(ぎょうしゅ)   type of industry

(ひんしゅ)   brand, kind

(かくしゅ)   each kind

(いっしゅ)   one variety, one class

子(しゅし)   seed

(たね)   seed

Onyomi Examples

シュ kind, variety, (biological) species, (logical) species

シュシ seed, pit

ショクシュ type of occupation, occupational category

ギョウシュ type of industry

Kunyomi Examples

たね seed (e.g. of a plant), pip, kernel, stone (e.g. of a peach), progeny, offspring, issue, breed, paternal blood, lineage, sperm, semen, seed, cause, source, seed, origin, material (e.g. for an article), matter (e.g. of a story), subject (of discussion), theme, (news) copy, source (of a story), ingredient, main ingredient (of a piece of sushi), leaven, mechanism (of a magic trick, etc.), secret, trickery, 10-point card, tane, animal card

たねうま studhorse, stallion, breeding horse

なたね rapeseed, coleseed

あさたね hemp seed