褐 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「衣」+音符「曷」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

brown, woollen kimono

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カツJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音he2
  • 拼音he4
  • 한글gal
  • Hán-ViệtHạt
  • Hán-ViệtCát

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
衣(ころも)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8910

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰衤曷

Words using this kanji

  • 褐色かっしょく黒味のある茶色。dark brown, colour of tanned skin
  • かちdark indigo (almost black), coarse cloth
  • 褐藻かっそうbrown algae, phaeophyceae
  • 褐炭かったんbrown coal, lignite
  • 褐変かっぺんbrowning
  • 褐色かちいろ黒味のある茶色。dark indigo (almost black)
  • 褐鉄鉱かってっこうlimonite, brown hematite
  • 褐藻類かっそうるいbrown algae
  • 褐色斑かっしょくはんchloasma, brown macule, brown spot, brown patch
  • 褐錫鉱かっしゃくこうstannoidite
  • 褐斑病かっぱんびょうbrown spot (disease)
  • 褐虫藻かっちゅうそうzooxanthella
  • 褐簾石かつれんせきallanite
  • 褐鉛鉱かつえんこうvanadinite
  • 褐毛和種あかげわしゅJapanese Brown (cattle breed)
  • 褐色矮星かっしょくわいせいbrown dwarf
  • 褐色人種かっしょくじんしゅ伝統的な人種の分類で東南アジアやオセアニアの人々を指す。brown race, brown-skinned race
  • 褐変反応かっぺんはんのうbrowning reaction
  • 褐を釈くかつをとくto enter government service, to become an official, to don an official uniform
  • 褐色細胞腫かっしょくさいぼうしゅpheochromocytoma, phaeochromocytoma

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(35 results)

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-5-8
Four Corner
3622.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5e8.7
Heisig
490
Nelson
4243