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種
種 ＝ 禾 ＋ 重
ㄓㄨㄥˇ · zhǒng/zhòng
noun — seed; kind; (zhòng) to plant
字源 FORM — what the parts do
禾義grain on the stalk
Tzhòng → zhǒng — tone only; exact in the verb 種 zhòng
Grain (禾) with 重 zhòng for sound — the seed: the handful kept back to plant again. From the seed, the line it carries on: the kind (種類、這種). Read zhòng, it is the planting itself: 種菜、種田.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
收成裡挑出最飽滿的穀粒（禾），留著明年下田。
From the harvest, the plumpest grains (禾) set aside — next year's field.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
zhǒng
(本義)種子— seed
→種類、這種— kind, sort — the line a seed carries常用
zhòng
(引申)種田、種菜— to plant, grow
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension