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种(F​種) [zhǒng] 种​子 seed; 种​类 kind/type, species, category [zhòng] ​播种 sow/plant; 种​植 to plant/grow; ​耕种 till/cultivate; (HDZ:) … [chóng] ​幼​小; (​姓); cf. ​種

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The simple-form character 种 (9 strokes) is an old character (with a different old meaning), later re-used as an abbrev. of the full-form character ​種 zhǒng/zhòng ‘seed/sow’ (14 strokes), replacing the full-form component ​重 (9 strokes) with ​中 (4 strokes).
    Note: Today 种 zhǒng/zhòng ‘seed/sow’, with ​中 zhōng/zhòng (phonetic); formerly 种 chóng ‘immature’ (see below).
    The Shuōwén Seal form of ​種 chóng ‘early-sown/late-ripening grain variety’ combines ​禾 (hé) ‘cereal/grain’, and ​重(​𡍴) zhòng/chóng (phonetic); slow/late-ripening grain must be sown early; formerly wr. ​穜 tóng, with ​童 tóng ‘slave/child’ (phonosemantic); late-ripening grain, slow like a slave, slow to mature, like a human child.
    Note: Formerly ​種/​穜 chóng/tóng ‘early-sown/late-ripening grain variety’, and 种 chóng ‘immature’ (← ​種 chóng ‘late-ripening’), both now obsolete.
    Compare: ​穜 zhòng ‘sow (seed)’; ​重(​𡍴) zhòng/tóng/chóng, ​童 tóng/chóng/zhōng.
    HDZ: 种 : chóng : ​幼​小; (​姓) • zhǒng : (​简​体) ​種 • zhòng : (​简​体) ​種
►references: Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:4.2593.13; Mathews:1524; Guǎngyùn:024.28; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:850.12; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:120.1.07; EDOC:0
►components: ​禾​中​
►Cantonese: jung/
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