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棕

zōng

HSK 6 Character

What 棕 means

1. palm
2. palm fiber
3. coir (coconut fiber)
4. brown

Other readings

棕 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zōngvariant of {棕|zōng}

Example sentences

• 她有棕色鞋。
  Tā yǒu zōngsè xié.
  She has brown shoes.
• 我的车不是棕的。
  Wǒ de chē bù shì zōng de.
  My car isn't brown.
• 棕榈树最高是多高？
  Zōnglǘshù zuì gāo shì duō gāo?
  How tall do most palm trees grow?
• 什幺动物是棕色的？
  What animal is brown?
• 我最喜欢的颜色是棕色。
  My favorite color is brown.
• 棕色不是汤姆天生的发色。
  Zōngsè bù shì Tāngmǔ tiānshēng de fàsè.
  Brown is not Tom's natural hair color.

Words starting with 棕

• 棕色zōng sèbrown
• 棕榈zōng lǘpalm tree
• 棕榈树zōng lǘ shùpalm tree
• 棕垫zōng diànpalm fiber mat
• 棕树zōng shùpalm tree
• 棕毛zōng máopalm fiber; coir
• 棕毯zōng tǎncoir mat; palm fiber matting
• 棕熊zōng xióngbrown bear
• 棕红zōng hóngreddish brown
• 棕编zōng biānwoven palm fiber (used in handicraft); coir; woven coconut fiber
• 棕绳zōng shéngrope of palm fiber; coir (coconut fiber)
• 棕黄zōng huánglight brown
• 棕黑zōng hēidark brown
• 棕尾伯劳zōng wěi bó láo(bird species of China) red-tailed shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)
• 棕背伯劳zōng bèi bó láo(bird species of China) long-tailed shrike (Lanius schach)
• 棕背田鸡zōng bèi tián jī(bird species of China) black-tailed crake (Zapornia bicolor)
• 棕枝主日zōng zhī zhǔ rìPalm Sunday (Sunday before Easter)
• 棕枝全日zōng zhī quán rìPalm Sunday (Christian Festival one week before Easter)
• 棕朱雀zōng zhū què(bird species of China) dark-rumped rosefinch (Carpodacus edwardsii)
• 棕背雪雀zōng bèi xuě què(bird species of China) Blanford's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda blanfordi)
• 棕颈雪雀zōng jǐng xuě què(bird species of China) rufous-necked snowfinch (Pyrgilauda ruficollis)
• 棕头鸦雀zōng tóu yā què(bird species of China) vinous-throated parrotbill (Suthora webbiana)
• 棕额长尾山雀zōng é cháng wěi shān què(bird species of China) rufous-fronted bushtit (Aegithalos iouschistos)
• 棕胸竹鸡zōng xiōng zhú jī(bird species of China) mountain bamboo partridge (Bambusicola fytchii)

Words containing 棕

• 油棕yóu zōngoil palm
• 深棕shēn zōngdark brown
• 深棕色shēn zōng sèdark brown
• 贝叶棕bèi yè zōngpattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for…
• 锯棕榈jù zōng lǘsaw palmetto (Serenoa repens, a small palm, an extract of whose fruit is used medicinally)
• 西棕胸佛法僧xī zōng xiōng fó fǎ sēng(bird species) Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis)
• 白眉棕啄木鸟bái méi zōng zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) white-browed piculet (Sasia ochracea)
• 台湾棕噪鹛Tái wān zōng zào méi(bird species of China) rusty laughingthrush (Pterorhinus poecilorhynchus)
• 台湾棕颈钩嘴鹛Tái wān zōng jǐng gōu zuǐ méi(bird species of China) Taiwan scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus musicus)

Characters built on 宗

These share the phonetic component 宗 (zōng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 综zōng(bound form) to synthesize; to combine; Taiwan pr. zòng
• 踪zōng(bound form) footprint; trace; tracks
• 崇chónghigh; sublime; lofty
• 鬃zōngbristles; horse's mane
• 粽zòngrice dumplings wrapped in leaves
• 淙cóngnoise of water
• 琮cóngjade tube with round hole and rectangular sides, used ceremonially in ancient times

Characters that look like 棕

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 综zōng(bound form) to synthesize; to combine; Taiwan pr. zòng
• 棘jíthorns
• 椎zhuī(bound form) vertebra
• 铢zhūtwenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)
• 裱biǎoto hang (paper); to mount (painting)
• 棣dìKerria japonica

Sounds the same

Read zōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 综(bound form) to synthesize; to combine; Taiwan pr. zòng
• 宗school; sect; purpose
• 踪(bound form) footprint; trace; tracks
• 鬃bristles; horse's mane
• 鬷kettle on legs
• 䗥used in 螉䗥
• 猣dog giving birth to three puppies
• 翪uneven flight of a bird
• 腙hydrazone (chemistry)
• 豵litter of pigs; little pig
• 鯮long spiky-head carp
• 枞used in 枞阳