棕
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palm; palm fiber; coir (coconut fiber); brown
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 木 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 棕
- Common rank
- #950
- Unicode
- U+68D5
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 棕
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 棕额长尾山雀 | (bird species of China) rufous-fronted bushtit (Aegithalos iouschistos) | |
| 棕头雀鹛 | (bird species of China) spectacled fulvetta (Fulvetta ruficapilla) | |
| 深棕色 | dark brown | |
| 棕尾伯劳 | (bird species of China) red-tailed shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides) | |
| 棕背田鸡 | (bird species of China) black-tailed crake (Zapornia bicolor) | |
| 棕红 | reddish brown | |
| 棕背雪雀 | (bird species of China) Blanford's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda blanfordi) | |
| 棕色 | brown | |
| 棕黄 | light brown | |
| 棕黑 | dark brown | |
| 棕背伯劳 | (bird species of China) long-tailed shrike (Lanius schach) | |
| 棕草鹛 | (bird species of China) Tibetan babax (Pterorhinus koslowi) | |
| 油棕 | oil palm | |
| 白眉棕啄木鸟 | (bird species of China) white-browed piculet (Sasia ochracea) | |
| 棕背黑头鸫 | (bird species of China) white-backed thrush; Kessler's thrush (Turdus kessleri) | |
| 棕头钩嘴鹛 | (bird species of China) red-billed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps) | |
| 棕毛 | palm fiber; coir | |
| 棕顶树莺 | (bird species of China) grey-sided bush warbler (Cettia brunnifrons) | |
| 棕胸竹鸡 | (bird species of China) mountain bamboo partridge (Bambusicola fytchii) | |
| 棕胸雅鹛 | (bird species of China) buff-breasted babbler (Pellorneum tickelli) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 宗 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宗 sound part | ancestry, clan, family, lineage; religion, sect | |
| 综 | to sum up; to arrange threads for weaving | |
| 崇 | high, dignified; to esteem, to honor | |
| 踪 | footprints, traces, tracks | |
| 粽 | a dumpling made of glutinous rice | |
| 鬃 | mane; neck bristles | |
| 琮 | an octagonal jade ornament | |
| 淙 | the sound of water gurgling | |
| 腙 | an organic compound |