TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
類
類 ＝ 犬 ＋ 頪
ㄌㄟˋ · lèi
noun — a kind, a category; verb — to resemble, to be alike
字源 FORM — what the parts do
犬義a dog — of all creatures, dogs of a breed look most alike
頪聲lèi — gives the soundrice (米) over a head (頁); the 頁 stays visible on the right, the 米 hides at the left
A dog (犬) — the old books say no creature resembles its own kind so closely. 頪 lèi carries the sound. From things that look alike comes the kind, the category they sort into: 種類、人類、分類.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一窩同種的犬（犬），一隻挨一隻，幾乎分不出來——這就是一類。
A litter of one breed (犬), each so like the next you can hardly tell them apart — that is a kind.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)相似、種類— alike; a kind常用
→人類、類別— category, class常用
⇒分類、歸類— to classify, to sort into kinds
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
頪lèithe sound-half alone — rice over a head; 類 sets the dog beside it