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類 kanji
sort, kind, variety, class, genus
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 18
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
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On readings
ルイ
Kun readings
たぐい
Variant forms
類Words with 類
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —類が及ぶto be affected by another's misfortune; to get caught up in trouble not of one's own making
- —比類無いpeerless; unique; unparalleled; unchallenged
- —かんきつ類citrus; citrus fruit
- —比類の無いunparalleled; incomparable; matchless; unrivaled; peerless; unique; unprecedented
- —親類付合いassociating with relatives; keeping in touch with relatives; associating with someone as if they were family; family-like relationship
- —稀土類元素rare-earth element; rare-earth metal
- —書類カバンbriefcase; attaché case
- —一類感染症Category I infectious disease
- —二類感染症Category II infectious disease
- —三類感染症Category III infectious disease
- —四類感染症Category IV infectious disease
- —五類感染症Category V infectious disease
- —船積み書類shipping document
- —親類づきあいassociating with relatives; keeping in touch with relatives; associating with someone as if they were family; family-like relationship
- —爬虫両生類学herpetology
- —第二類医薬品class 2 drug (over-the-counter medicine that has a medium risk of side effects or drug interactions); category 2 medicine; schedule II pharmaceutical
- —アルファ分類学alpha taxonomy
- —類を以て集まるbirds of a feather flock together
- —虎を描きて犬に類すattempting to be something you are not; drawing a tiger that ends up looking like a dog