Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

褐: brown, woollen kimono

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

衤 carries the meaning · 曷 gives the sound

13 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

カツkatsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 褐色かっしょくdark brown; colour of tanned skin
  • 茶褐色ちゃかっしょくdark reddish-brown; liver color

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 褐かちdark indigo (almost black)

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Wear your story! This radical brings the world of tailoring, fashion, and social roles to its characters.”
More in the 衤 clothes story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
衤

Also built on clothes (衤)

All 10
曷

Also built on 曷

褐 takes the 曷 family's reading, カツ (katsu).

Also read カツ

8 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
褐 brown · 衤
vs渇 thirst · 氵
褐 has 衤 where 渇 has 氵.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · hè

Same form: 褐 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
褐 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
褐 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin hè most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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