This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: シュ、たね、-ぐさ
Romaji: shu, tane, -gusa
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: おい、くさ、た、ほ
Romaji: oi, kusa, ta, ho
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Romaji

Meanings

species, kind, class, variety, seed

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  115
Frequency:  461
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  1-5-9
Korean Reading:  jong
Chinese Reading:  zhong4
Unicode:  7a2e
JIS:  3C6F

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1218
Nelson Index: 3295
New Nelson Index: 4159
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 5d9.1
Four Corner Index: 2291.4
Guide to Remembering Index: 503
Gakken Index: 435
Japanese Names Index: 2124
Daikanwanjiten Index: 25174
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0600
Remembering the kanji Index: 1679
Kanji Way Index: 417
Kanji Flashcards Index: 783
Kodansha Compact Index: 1442
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 531
Kanji in Context Index: 564
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 823
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1128
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1695
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1810
Essential Kanji Index: 232
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1560
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2272
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 423
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 618

Words

(しゅ)
kind; variety; (biological) species; (logical) species
(くさ)
cause; seed; origin; variety; kind; counter for varieties
各種 (かくしゅ)
every kind; all sorts
業種 (ぎょうしゅ)
type of industry
一種 (いっしゅ、ひとくさ)
species; kind; variety
(たね)
seed; pip; kind; variety; quality; tone; material; matter; subject; theme; (news) copy; leaven (bread); cause; source; trick; secret; inside story
種類 (しゅるい)
variety; kind; type; category; counter for different sorts of things
機種 (きしゅ)
type of equipment; model
種別 (しゅべつ)
classification; assortment
車種 (しゃしゅ)
car make; car model
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