褐
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brown; gray or dark color; coarse hemp cloth; Taiwan pr. [he2]
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 衣 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 褐
- Common rank
- #1,485
- Unicode
- U+8910
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 褐 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
衤 meaning “cloth” + 曷 sound ()
Components 衤 曷
How to remember it
brown · Heisig RSH #2109
cloak + siesta
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 褐
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 褐背地山雀 | (bird species of China) ground tit (Pseudopodoces humilis) | |
| 褐头山雀 | (bird species of China) willow tit (Poecile montanus) | |
| 川褐头山雀 | (bird species of China) Sichuan tit (Poecile weigoldicus) | |
| 黄褐色 | tan (color); tawny | |
| 褐头雀鹛 | (bird species of China) Manipur fulvetta (Fulvetta manipurensis) | |
| 褐马鸡 | (bird species of China) brown eared pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum) | |
| 褐冠山雀 | (bird species of China) grey-crested tit (Lophophanes dichrous) | |
| 褐河乌 | (bird species of China) brown dipper (Cinclus pallasii) | |
| 黄褐斑 | chloasma; melasma | |
| 褐头凤鹛 | (bird species of China) Taiwan yuhina (Yuhina brunneiceps) | |
| 褐脸雀鹛 | (bird species of China) brown-cheeked fulvetta (Alcippe poioicephala) | |
| 褐喉旋木雀 | (bird species of China) Sikkim treecreeper (Certhia discolor) | |
| 褐顶雀鹛 | (bird species of China) dusky fulvetta (Schoeniparus brunneus) | |
| 褐灰雀 | (bird species of China) brown bullfinch (Pyrrhula nipalensis) | |
| 褐翅雪雀 | (bird species of China) black-winged snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi) | |
| 茶褐色 | dark brown; tawny | |
| 褐翅叉尾海燕 | (bird species of China) Tristram's storm petrel (Hydrobates tristrami) | |
| 褐头岭雀 | (bird species of China) Sillem's mountain finch (Leucosticte sillemi) | |
| 褐色 | brown | |
| 赤褐色 | russet; reddish brown |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 曷 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曷 sound part | what, why, where, which, how | |
| 喝 | to drink; to shout, to call out | |
| 揭 | to lift off a cover; to reveal, to divulge; surname | |
| 葛 | an edible bean; vine; surname | |
| 歇 | to stop, to rest, to lodge | |
| 竭 | to exhaust; to put forth great effort | |
| 渴 | thirsty, parched; to yearn, to pine for | |
| 羯 | wether, castrated ram; deer skin | |
| 谒 | to visit, to pay respects | |
| 蝎 | scorpion | |
| 遏 | to curb, to check, to stop, to suppress | |
| 猲 | frightened, terrified; snub-nosed dog | |
| 碣 | stone tablet |