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Kanji Detail for 褐 - "brown, dark, coarse cloth"

褐

  • Meaning

    褐 means "brown, dark, coarse cloth."

    1. Brown - A dark yellowish color.

    2. Coarse cloth - Rough woven fabric.

    3. Humble - Of low status.

  • Words using 褐

    • 褐色 かっしょく Listen dark brown; colour of tanned skin

  • Tattoo check: 褐

    • Verified meaning: brown, dark, coarse cloth
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    brown; woollen kimono

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    coarse woolen cloth; dull, dark

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    brown; gray or dark color; coarse hemp cloth; Taiwan pr. [he2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    coarse wool; dull, brown

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Coarse wool clothing. Such as saying 裋褐不完 (incomplete coarse clothing). | In ancient times, humble people wore coarse clothing. Therefore poor and humble people are also called 褐. Mencius says "Not accepting from a broadly-clothed commoner." | A yellowish-black color without luster is called 褐色 (brown).

  • Onyomi

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    katsu(カツ) カツ

  • Kunyomi

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    none

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    衣 衤 (koromo・koromohen)

  • Related Keywords

    brown coarse cloth dark humble tan color earth fabric rough rust soil woven

Sentences including 褐

  • The piano was made of beautiful, dark brown wood.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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