种种
zhǒng zhǒng · HSK 6
all kinds of
🎲🌈 zhong zhong = seed seed — one seed grows ALL KINDS of different things
种 alone means seed or kind/type. Double it to 种种 and it emphasizes multiplicity — kind after kind after kind. Like saying every sort, every variety, all kinds of.
种 — grain radical 禾 + heavy 重 (phonetic)
种 is a semantic-phonetic compound: 禾 (grain) gives the meaning, while 重 supplies the sound. Originally it referred to seeds and the act of sowing grain, then broadened to 'kind' or 'type' (a category, like a strain of seed). In simplified Chinese it also absorbed the traditional 種.
种 — grain radical 禾 + heavy 重 (phonetic)
种 is a semantic-phonetic compound: 禾 (grain) gives the meaning, while 重 supplies the sound. Originally it referred to seeds and the act of sowing grain, then broadened to 'kind' or 'type' (a category, like a strain of seed). In simplified Chinese it also absorbed the traditional 種.