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類 means 'kind'

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Strokes : 18    Frequency: 563   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-14    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 27    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 66 words   Used in 416 words   Used in 86 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ルイ
Kun
   たぐい kind, type
Variants
类 (Chinese)   類  
Components
⿰  ⿱  米 rice  大 big  頁 page  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 類 is used 17 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 類 is used 413 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ルイ : 408 words FIND ALL
し ゅ る い 1
noun
1. variety; kind; type; category
2. counter for different sorts of things
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たぐい : 4 words FIND ALL
た ぐ い な い 4
matchless  (often written with kana only)
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たぐい (read as たぐい) : 1 word FIND ALL
た ぐ い 0
Most common form: 類い
noun
1. kind; sort; type  (often written with kana only)
2. equal; match; peer  (see also: 類いする, 類いない)
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An additional たぐ.い less common words include 類 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 632 (originally: 602)  Joy o' Kanji : 602  Key to Kanji: 1080 

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類
ルイ   たぐい kind, type   
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頁
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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丆
whereupon one
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
米
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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丷
eight
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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丨
stick   
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