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brown
Stroke count: 13

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. brownRtK
    そのピアノは美しい、濃い褐色の木で作られていました。The piano was made of beautiful, dark brown wood.tatoeba
    黄褐色のにごり湯Yellowish brown cloudy hot waterwiki
  2. woollen kimono
  1. dark indigo (almost black)
  2. coarse cloth

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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cloak · mexican bandit · muchacho · siesta · sun (日) · day (日) · aroma · bound up (乙) · spoon (匕) · sitting on the ground

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 490

Compound words

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
褐藻かっそう
brown algae
褐炭かったん
brown coal
暗褐色あんかっしょく
dark brown
黄褐色おうかっしょく
yellowish brown
黒褐色こっかっしょく
blackish brown
赤褐色せっかっしょく
reddish brown
濃褐色のうかっしょく
dark brown
褐色矮星かっしょくわいせい
brown dwarf
褐毛和種あかげわしゅ
Japanese Brown (cattle breed)

Additional Examples

黄土：黄土原鉱の粉末で、黄褐色。
Ocher: A pigment in powder of ocher ore, and exhibits yellowish brown.wiki

Stroke Order

13 strokes

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