類 (lèi) - Category, type, kind, class & similar, resembling

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lèi ｜ 19 strokes ｜ radical:

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類 · lèi

Category, type, kind, class;

similar, resembling;

to classify, to categorize.

Category, type, kind, classsimilar, resemblingto classify, to categorize.

Usage highlights

categorytypeclassificationsimilarhumanspecies

Synonyms

  • 种— kind, type
  • 型— model, type
  • 属— genus, category

Antonyms

  • 异— different, unusual
  • 别— distinct, separate

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • This is a new type of product (新产品类型).
  • They belong to the same category (同类).
  • We need to classify these documents (分类文件).
  • This animal resembles a bear (类似熊).

Collocations

  • category(类别)
  • type(类型)
  • classification(分类)
  • similar(类似)
  • human(人类)
  • species(种类)

Idioms

  • To draw analogies(触类旁通)
  • Beyond all categories(不伦不类)
  • To classify and summarize(分门别类)
  • Things of one kind come together(物以类聚)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Used in Confucian classics to discuss categorization and analogy in learning.
  • Appears in the concept '物以类聚' (birds of a feather flock together) about social grouping.
  • Important in Chinese taxonomic thinking and classical scholarship.

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