種: seed; race | to plant

種 [种] zhǒng

measure word
: seed
: species
: kind; type
: race; breed
: measure word for types, kinds, sorts

種 [种] zhòng

verb
: to plant; to grow, to sow
: to cultivate

Kun Reading

種 | たね tane

noun
: seed; pip; kind; variety; quality; tone
: material; matter; subject; theme; (news) copy; leaven (bread)
: cause; source; trick; secret; inside story

種 | くさ kusa

noun | noun suffix
: cause; seed; origin (oft. ぐさ gusa in compounds)
: variety; kind
: counter for varieties

種まき | たねまき tanemaki

noun | suru verb
: sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds

種[种]子 zhong3zi: seed [種子 | しゅし shushi: seed; pit]

種類 [种类] zhong3lei4: kind; genus; type; category; variety; species; sort; class
[種類 | しゅるい shurui: variety; kind; type; category
: (Counter) counter for different sorts of things]

種[种]族 zhong3zu2: race; ethnicity
[種族 | しゅぞく shuzoku: race; tribe; family; species]

種種 [种种] zhong3zhong3: all kinds of
[種々 | くさぐさ kusagusa: variety]

種[种]仁 zhong3ren2: seed kernel

各種[种] ge4zhong3: every kind of; all kinds of; various kinds
[各種 | かくしゅ kakushu: every kind; all sorts]

品種[种] pin3zhong3: breed; variety
[品種 | ひんしゅ hinshu: kind (of goods); brand
: (taxonomical) form
: breed; cultivar]

良種[种] liang2zhong3: improved type; good breed; pedigree
[良種 | りょうしゅ ryoushu: good seed or breed]

播種[种] bo1zhong3: to sow seeds; sowing; seed
[播種 | はしゅ hashu: sowing; seeding; planting]

種 [种] zhong4: to plant; to grow; to cultivate

種[种]植 zhong4zhi2: to plant; to grow

種[种]地 zhong4di4: to farm; to work the land

種[种]田 zhong4tian2: to farm; farming

種樹 [种树] zhong4shu4: to plant trees

種[种]花 zhong4hua1: to grow flowers; floriculture

栽種[种] zai1zhong4: to plant; to grow

耕種[种] geng1zhong4: to till; to cultivate [耕種 | こうしゅ koushu: tilling and sowing]

套種[种] tao4zhong4: one crop grown together with others

引種[种] yin3zhong4: (agriculture) to plant an introduced variety

接種[种] jie1zhong4: to vaccinate; to inoculate [接種 | せっしゅ sesshu: inoculation; vaccination]

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom | proverb
*多種多様 | たしゅたよう tashu tayou
: (yoji) a great variety of; diversity

特種記者 | とくだねきしゃ tokudanekisha
: (yoji) scoop reporter; scoop artist

菜種梅雨 | なたねづゆ na tane zuyu
: (yoji) long spell of rain in early spring

頭痛の種 | ずつうのたね zutsuu no tane
: cause of headaches; pain in the neck

種無し | たねなし tanenashi
: seedlessness; seedless fruit
: lacking the material needed to do something

種を撒く | たねをまく tane o maku: to sow seeds

下種のあと知恵 | げすのあとぢえ gesu no ato jie
: (proverb) hindsight is 20-20 (even for a fool)

命有っての物種 | いのちあってのものだね inochi atte no mono dane
: While there’s life, there’s hope

楽は苦の種苦は楽の種 | らくはくのたねくはらくのたね raku wa ku no taneku wa raku no tane
: one cannot have pain without pleasure, and one cannot have pleasure without pain

権兵衛が種まきゃ烏がほじくる | ごんべえがたねまきゃからすがほじくる gonbee ga tanemakya karasu ga hojikuru
: spoiling someone’s work; useless effort; laboring in vain; if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up

浜の真砂は尽きるとも世に盗人の種は尽きまじ | はまのまさごはつきるともよにぬすびとのたねはつきまじ
hama no masago wa tsukiru to mo yo ni nusubito no tane wa tsukimaji
: the sand on the beach may disappear, but the makings of thieves never shall (Ishikawa Goemon)

蒔かぬ種は生えぬ | まかぬたねははえぬ makanu tane wa haenu
: Nothing comes of nothing

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
狗雜種 [狗杂种] gou3 za2 zhong3
: son of a bitch; damn bastard

*多種多樣 [多种多样] duo1 zhong3 duo1 yang4
: manifold; all sorts; many and varied

謬種流傳 [谬种流传] miu4 zhong3 liu2 chuan2
: to pass on errors or lies; the propagation of misconceptions

種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆 [种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆] zhong4 gua1 de2 gua1 , zhong4 dou4 de2 dou4
: lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans; fig. As you sow, so shall you reap. One must live with the consequences of one’s actions.