种类 (zhǒnglèi) · kind

种 zhǒng · kind

What 种 is made of

• 禾hé — cereal
  • 丿 — falling stroke
  • 木mù — tree
    • 十 — ten
    • 八bā — eight
• 中zhōng — central
  • 口kǒu — mouth
    • 冂 — frame
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 丨 — vertical stroke

Origin hint: 禾 gives the meaning, 中 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

类 lèi · kind

What 类 is made of

• 米mǐ — uncooked rice
  • 丷ha — kwukyel
    • 丶 — dot
  • 木mù — tree
    • 十 — ten
    • 八bā — eight
• 大dà — big
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 人rén — person