褐
brown; gray or dark color; coarse hemp cloth; Taiwan pr. [he2]
14 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,485 U+8910
How 褐 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
衤 (semantic, “cloth”) + 曷 (phonetic, hé)
components: 衤 曷
How to remember it
brown · Heisig RSH #2109
cloak + siesta
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 曷
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 曷 (hé) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曷 sound component | hé | what, why, where, which, how |
| 喝 | hē | to drink; to shout, to call out |
| 揭 | jiē | to lift off a cover; to reveal, to divulge; surname |
| 葛 | gé | an edible bean; vine; surname |
| 歇 | xiē | to stop, to rest, to lodge |
| 竭 | jié | to exhaust; to put forth great effort |
| 渴 | kě | thirsty, parched; to yearn, to pine for |
| 羯 | jié | wether, castrated ram; deer skin |
| 谒 | yè | to visit, to pay respects |
| 蝎 | xiē | scorpion |
| 遏 | è | to curb, to check, to stop, to suppress |
| 猲 | hè | frightened, terrified; snub-nosed dog |
| 碣 | jié | stone tablet |
Words containing 褐
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 褐背地山雀 | hè bèi dì shān què | (bird species of China) ground tit (Pseudopodoces humilis) |
| 褐头山雀 | hè tóu shān què | (bird species of China) willow tit (Poecile montanus) |
| 川褐头山雀 | Chuān hè tóu shān què | (bird species of China) Sichuan tit (Poecile weigoldicus) |
| 黄褐色 | huáng hè sè | tan (color); tawny |
| 褐头雀鹛 | hè tóu què méi | (bird species of China) Manipur fulvetta (Fulvetta manipurensis) |
| 褐马鸡 | hè mǎ jī | (bird species of China) brown eared pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum) |
| 褐冠山雀 | hè guān shān què | (bird species of China) grey-crested tit (Lophophanes dichrous) |
| 褐河乌 | hè hé wū | (bird species of China) brown dipper (Cinclus pallasii) |
| 黄褐斑 | huáng hè bān | chloasma; melasma |
| 褐头凤鹛 | hè tóu fèng méi | (bird species of China) Taiwan yuhina (Yuhina brunneiceps) |
| 褐脸雀鹛 | hè liǎn què méi | (bird species of China) brown-cheeked fulvetta (Alcippe poioicephala) |
| 褐喉旋木雀 | hè hóu xuán mù què | (bird species of China) Sikkim treecreeper (Certhia discolor) |
| 褐顶雀鹛 | hè dǐng què méi | (bird species of China) dusky fulvetta (Schoeniparus brunneus) |
| 褐灰雀 | hè huī què | (bird species of China) brown bullfinch (Pyrrhula nipalensis) |
| 褐翅雪雀 | hè chì xuě què | (bird species of China) black-winged snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi) |
| 茶褐色 | chá hè sè | dark brown; tawny |
| 褐翅叉尾海燕 | hè chì chā wěi hǎi yàn | (bird species of China) Tristram's storm petrel (Hydrobates tristrami) |
| 褐头岭雀 | hè tóu lǐng què | (bird species of China) Sillem's mountain finch (Leucosticte sillemi) |
| 褐色 | hè sè | brown |
| 赤褐色 | chì hè sè | russet; reddish brown |