TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
人類
ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄟˋ · rénlèi
noun — humanity; humankind; the human species
字源 FORM — what the parts do
人person, human (人類的人)rén
類kind, category (種類的類)lèi米 (grain) provides the sorting-by-sameness sense — grain selected by kind; the rest of the character is the phonetic complex giving lèi
人類，人類的人，種類的類。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
米粒（類：米）按種歸類；人（人）也是一種——所有歸入「人」這一類的，就是人類。
Grain (米 in 類) sorted by kind — each into its own category; 人 (the walking figure) is also a kind. All beings sorted into the category called 'person' — that totality is 人類.
字源記憶法
關 · Related
學rénlèixuéanthropology — the study of 動物dòngwùanimals — the adjacent category