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褐 — 13 strokes / Radical「衤」

道
準2High school level / 13 strokes / Radical「衤」
On
カツかつ · katsu
Kun
—
Meaning
brown

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Clothing plus a phonetic element: a coarse woollen garment, and hence its colour — brown.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカツかつkatsu褐色かっしょく茶褐色ちゃかっしょく

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 褐色かっしょく

    brown

  • 茶褐色ちゃかっしょく

    dark reddish brown

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

日(ひ)に焼(や)けて褐色(かっしょく)の肌(はだ)になった。

The sun has turned my skin brown.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

褐色茶褐色褐色color茶tea裕abunda…襟collar衫a thin…衿collar袂a slee…括bundle渇thirst喝scold…轄contro…矻to toi…
CompoundRadicalReading

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