U+7A2E "種" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+7A2E "種" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese, Japanese, and Korean ideograph that carries the core meaning of "seed," "species," or "kind," and it is composed of the radical for grain or rice (禾) combined with a phonetic component. This character is widely used in East Asian languages to denote biological classification, as in the word for "species" in scientific contexts, as well as more abstract concepts like "type" or "variety," such as when referring to different kinds of people or things. In Japanese, it appears in terms like "shu" for a type of plant or animal, while in Chinese it forms part of common compounds like "zhǒngzi" for seed. Its historical development reflects an agricultural origin, emphasizing the cultivation and categorization of crops, and it remains a foundational character in both written and digital communication across multiple languages.