類 – sort, kind, variety

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The kanji 類 means sort, kind, variety, class, genus. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ルイ (rui); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たぐ.い (tagui). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 頁 (no. 181).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ルイ	rui
Kun’yomi	たぐ.い	tagui

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 頁 (Kangxi radical 181). Components: 貝・目・ハ・大・米・頁.

Words using 類

種類しゅるいvariety書類しょるいdocument人類じんるいmankind親類しんるいrelative分類ぶんるいclassification類るいkind衣類いるいclothes類推るいすいanalogy類似るいじresemblance

Example sentences

動物園にはたくさんの種類の動物がいる。

There are many kinds of animals in the zoo.

Tatoeba #123735

破壊の結果、毎日５０種類もの野生の動植物が消滅していると見積もられている。

It has been estimated that, as a result of the destruction, fifty species of wildlife are disappearing from the earth each day.

Tatoeba #121650

この手紙を書類にしてもらいたい。

I want this letter registered.

Tatoeba #221314

Kanji with the same radical

題領額頭顔頼順項願預顧頑頂顕頻頃

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.