類 — sort, kind, variety, class, genus

Readings

On'yomi

ルイ

Kun'yomi

たぐ.い

Example words

• 人類じんるいmankind; humanity
• 種類しゅるい(1) variety; kind; type; category (2) counter for different sorts of things
• 書類しょるいdocuments; official papers
• 親類しんるいrelation; kin
• 衣類いるいclothes; clothing; garments
• 分類ぶんるいclassification; categorization; sorting
• 類似るいじ(1) resemblance; similarity; analogous; quasi (2) to resemble; to be similar; to be alike
• 類推るいすい(1) analogy (2) analogical reasoning