There are two kinds; one is 'Santo' (the abbreviation of Sankyoku-tosu, also simply called Tosu [taoshu in Chinese]) and the other is 'Shorei' ([xiaoling in Chinese] different from Shorei of Ci, another type of literature)
「散套」（さんとう：散曲套数の略、単に套数とも言われる）と「小令」（しょうれい：詞の小令とは異なる）の2種類がある。