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Animated Stroke Order 类

Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.

How to write 类 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 类

类 stroke order diagram

3.

Character Breakdown

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类=米rice, grain+犬dog

Grains (米) that are similar and grouped together (犬) — a category or kind.

4.

Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 类

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5.

HSK Vocabulary: 类

HSK words that contain this character.

人类

rén lèi

humanity

种类

zhǒng lèi

kind

类型

lèi xíng

6.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 类 is used in context

rén人

lèi类

xū需

yào要

bǎo保

hù护

dì

Information

Pinyinlèi

Meaningkind

Strokes9

Radical米

Traditional類

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Frequency#1396

Zhuyinㄌㄟˋ

UnicodeU+7C7B

CangjieFK

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type

HSK 5

类似

lèi sì

like; similar; analagous

分类

fēn lèi

to classify

同类

tóng lèi

similar

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类别

lèi bié

classification

诸如此类

zhū rú cǐ lèi

And so on / And such like

地

qiú球

huán环

jìng境

。

Humanity needs to protect the Earth's environment.

qǐng请

bǎ把

zhè这

xiē些

shū书

fēn分

lèi类

zhěng整

lǐ理

hǎo好

。

Please classify and organize these books.

zhè这

liǎng两

gè个

wèn问

tí题

yǒu有

lèi类

sì似

zhī之

chù处

。

These two problems have similarities.

Zhè这

zhǒng种

shuǐ水

guǒ果

shǔ属

yú于

nǎ哪

yī一

lèi类

？

What category does this type of fruit belong to?

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