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Kanji 類: meaning "kind, type", readings, stroke order

The kanji 類 means "kind, type". On'yomi: ルイ; kun'yomi: たぐい. JLPT N4 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
kind, type
On'yomi
ルイ
Kun'yomi
たぐい
Strokes
18
Level
JLPT N4
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
類 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 類

  • 書類 しょるい — documents
  • 種類 しゅるい — variety, kind
  • 人類 じんるい — mankind, humanity
  • 親類 しんるい — relative(s) (same as 親戚 (しんせき))
  • 分類 ぶんるい — classification
  • 衣類 いるい — clothes, clothing, garments
  • 類 るい — kind, class, family
  • 類推 るいすい — analogy
  • 類似 るいじ — analogous

Stroke order · 18 strokes

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Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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