懂中文 Dong Chinese

種

zhǒng, zhòng

seed

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 重 represents the sound.

Components
禾 meaning component

禾  Meaning component

hé

  

grain stalk

重 sound component

重  Sound component

zhòng, chóng

  

heavy

Evolution

種 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
種 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
種 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

种 (種) 

zhǒng

seed; race; offspring; to plant; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts

种 (種) 

zhòng

to grow; to cultivate

Most common words with 種
Freq.
Word
Meaning

种

seed

这种

this

各种

every kind of

那种

that

某种

some kind (of)