種 Home·Characters·種 Character · Nature 種 たね tane seed, kind Composition 1234567891011121314 禾grain plant重heavy Origin Grain (禾) gives the meaning, 重 the sound: the seed one sows, then sort and species. Proverbs carrying this character 083 蒔かぬ種は生えぬ The unsown seed does not grow. 154 苦は楽の種 Hardship is the seed of joy. 290 やまとうたは、人の心を種として、万の言の葉とぞなれりける Japanese poetry has the human heart as its seed, from which grow myriad leaves of words. Related characters 亀turtle光light兎hare, rabbit叢thicket, clump咲to bloom土earth, soil天sky, heaven実fruit, reality山mountain岩rock, crag