棕
palm; palm fiber; coir (coconut fiber); brown
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #951 U+68D5
How 棕 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “tree”) + 宗 (phonetic, zōng)
How to remember it
palm tree · Heisig RSH #2167
木 tree + 宗 religion
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 宗
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 宗 (zōng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宗 sound component | zōng | ancestry, clan, family, lineage; religion, sect |
| 综 | zōng | to sum up; to arrange threads for weaving |
| 崇 | chóng | high, dignified; to esteem, to honor |
| 踪 | zōng | footprints, traces, tracks |
| 粽 | zòng | a dumpling made of glutinous rice |
| 鬃 | zōng | mane; neck bristles |
| 琮 | cóng | an octagonal jade ornament |
| 淙 | cóng | the sound of water gurgling |
| 腙 | zōng | an organic compound |
Words containing 棕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 棕额长尾山雀 | zōng é cháng wěi shān què | (bird species of China) rufous-fronted bushtit (Aegithalos iouschistos) |
| 棕头雀鹛 | zōng tóu què méi | (bird species of China) spectacled fulvetta (Fulvetta ruficapilla) |
| 深棕色 | shēn zōng sè | dark brown |
| 棕尾伯劳 | zōng wěi bó láo | (bird species of China) red-tailed shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides) |
| 棕背田鸡 | zōng bèi tián jī | (bird species of China) black-tailed crake (Zapornia bicolor) |
| 棕红 | zōng hóng | reddish brown |
| 棕背雪雀 | zōng bèi xuě què | (bird species of China) Blanford's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda blanfordi) |
| 棕色 | zōng sè | brown |
| 棕黄 | zōng huáng | light brown |
| 棕黑 | zōng hēi | dark brown |
| 棕背伯劳 | zōng bèi bó láo | (bird species of China) long-tailed shrike (Lanius schach) |
| 棕草鹛 | zōng cǎo méi | (bird species of China) Tibetan babax (Pterorhinus koslowi) |
| 油棕 | yóu zōng | oil palm |
| 白眉棕啄木鸟 | bái méi zōng zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) white-browed piculet (Sasia ochracea) |
| 棕背黑头鸫 | zōng bèi hēi tóu dōng | (bird species of China) white-backed thrush; Kessler's thrush (Turdus kessleri) |
| 棕头钩嘴鹛 | zōng tóu gōu zuǐ méi | (bird species of China) red-billed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps) |
| 棕毛 | zōng máo | palm fiber; coir |
| 棕顶树莺 | zōng dǐng shù yīng | (bird species of China) grey-sided bush warbler (Cettia brunnifrons) |
| 棕胸竹鸡 | zōng xiōng zhú jī | (bird species of China) mountain bamboo partridge (Bambusicola fytchii) |
| 棕胸雅鹛 | zōng xiōng yǎ méi | (bird species of China) buff-breasted babbler (Pellorneum tickelli) |