EntryCommonJLPT N3
  1. Noun

    a kind; a sort; a variety; a species

    イルカは哺乳類の一種です。
    A dolphin is a kind of mammal.
  2. of sorts; something of a; a sort of

    as 一種の...

  3. Adverb (fukushi)

    sort of; somewhat

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

one, one radical (no.1)

Kun
ひと-、ひと.つ
On
イチ、イツ
Strokes
1
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
2 of 2500
Radical
one
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

かず、い、いっ、いる、かつ、かづ、てん、はじめ、ひ、ひとつ、まこと

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-1-4SKIP code
0a1.1The Kanji Dictionary
1000.0Four corner code
3072deroo
4e00Unicode hex code
1-16-76JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1New Nelson (John Haig)
3341New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4148Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2105Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2850Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1Morohashi
1A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1sakade
1Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1henshall3
1Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1crowley
1Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1.Abusy_people
1Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi1Pinyin reading
ilKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

species, kind, class, variety, seed

Kun
たね、-ぐさ
On
シュ
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
461 of 2500
Radical
grain
WaniKani
Level 18

Built from

Used in names as

おい、くさ、た、ほ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-5-9SKIP code
5d9.1The Kanji Dictionary
2291.4Four corner code
2272deroo
7a2eUnicode hex code
1-28-79JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3295Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4159New Nelson (John Haig)
1218New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1560Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
823Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1128Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1679Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1810Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
435A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2124Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
232Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
25174Morohashi
503A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
228Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
228Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
423sakade
783Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
531henshall3
618Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
417crowley
564Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1442Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1695Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhong3, chong2, zhong4Pinyin reading
jongKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
18WaniKani level