類

類 U+985E, 類 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-985E ← 顝 [U+985D] CJK Unified Ideographs 顟 → [U+985F]

類 U+F9D0, 類 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9D0 ← 紐 [U+F9CF] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 六 → [U+F9D1]

Japanese	類
Simplified	类
Traditional	類

類 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+10 in Chinese, 頁+9 in Japanese, 19 strokes in Chinese, 18 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 火大一月金 (FKMBC), four-corner 9148₆, composition ⿰⿱米犬頁 or ⿹頪犬 or ⿰类頁)

• 𤄹, 禷, 𨰥(𫔕), 𡔇, 蘱

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1408, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43608
• Dae Jaweon: page 1926, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4387, character 4
• Unihan data for U+985E

• Unihan data for U+F9D0

trad.		類
simp.		类
alternative forms		类 𩔖

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ruːls, *ruds) : phonetic 頪 (OC *roːds) + semantic 犬.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rus (“bone”) (STEDT).

類

1. class; group; kind; category
2. Classifier for types of things: type, kind, sort

   這類問題／这类问题  ―  zhè lèi wèntí  ―  this type of question

   Synonym: 種／种

3. (set theory) class

   由所有集合構成的類不是集合。 [MSC, trad.]
   由所有集合构成的类不是集合。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yóu suǒyǒu jíhé gòuchéng de lèi bùshì jíhé. [Pinyin]

   The class of all sets is not a set.

4. (object-oriented programming) class

• “類”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Shinjitai	類
Kyūjitai [1]	類 類 or 類+︀?
	類󠄀 類+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
	類󠄃 類+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 類)

1. kind, sort, type, class, genus, order, family
2. similar example, parallel

• Go-on: るい (rui, Jōyō)^{←るゐ (ruwi, historical)}
• Kan-on: るい (rui, Jōyō)^{←るゐ (ruwi, historical)}
• On: らい (rai)
• Kun: たぐい (tagui, 類い, Jōyō)^{←たぐひ (tagufi, 類ひ, historical)}、たぐう (taguu, 類う)^{←たぐふ (tagufu, 類ふ, historical)}、たぐえる (tagueru, 類える)^{←たぐへる (taguferu, 類へる, historical)}、にる (niru, 類る)、おおよそ (ōyoso, 類)^{←おほよそ (ofoyoso, 類, historical)}、おおむね (ōmune, 類)^{←おほむね (ofomune, 類, historical)}
• Nanori: とも (tomo)、なお (nao)、なし (nashi)、よし (yoshi)

• As in historical readings "すゐ", "ずゐ", "つゐ", and "ゆゐ", most dictionaries do not have "るゐ" as a historical reading for 類. According to historical data, the on-reading of 類 is the modern "るい". However, the Dai Kanwa Jiten has the "るゐ" and related -wi historical on-readings.

Kanji in this term
類
るい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
類 (kyūjitai)

• (Tokyo) るい [rúꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾɯ̟i]

類(るい) • (rui) 

1. kind, sort, type, the like
2. a similar thing, parallel

   過(か)去(こ)に類(るい)を見(み)ない出(で)来(き)事(ごと)

   kako ni rui o minai dekigoto

   an event that has no parallel in history

3. (taxonomy) a conventional grouping that corresponds to a class or an order
4. (logic) Short for 類概念 (ruigainen).

Kanji in this term
類
たぐ(い) Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
類 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 類 – see the following entry.

【類たぐい】 [noun] sort, kind, type Alternative spellings 比い, 比, 属

(This term, 類, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

類 (eumhun 무리 류 (muri ryu), word-initial (South Korea) 무리 유 (muri yu))

1. hanja form^? of 류/유 (“kind, sort, type, class, genus, order, family”)
2. hanja form^? of 류/유 (“similar example, parallel”)

• 유사 (類似, yusa, “similarity”)

類: Hán Nôm readings: loại, loài, nòi

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