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褐

hè

Character

What 褐 means

1. brown
2. gray or dark color
3. coarse hemp cloth
4. Taiwan pr. hé

Example sentences

• 我的头发是褐色的。
  I have brown hair.
• 玛丽的褐色眼睛很美。
  Mǎlì de hèsè yǎnjing hěn měi.
  Mary has beautiful brown eyes.
• 褐煤是一种化石燃料。
  Hèméi shì yīzhǒng huàshíránliào.
  Lignite is a fossil fuel.
• 她穿着深褐色的鞋子。
  She was wearing dark brown shoes.
• 我们的邻居有两只褐色的狗。
  Wǒmen de línjū yǒu liǎng zhī hèsè de gǒu.
  Our neighbor has two brown dogs.
• 你有如此美丽的淡褐色眼睛。
  You have such beautiful, hazel eyes.

Words starting with 褐

• 褐色hè sèbrown
• 褐煤hè méilignite; brown coal
• 褐河乌hè hé wū(bird species of China) brown dipper (Cinclus pallasii)
• 褐灰雀hè huī què(bird species of China) brown bullfinch (Pyrrhula nipalensis)
• 褐耳鹰hè ěr yīng(bird species of China) shikra (Accipiter badius)
• 褐马鸡hè mǎ jī(bird species of China) brown eared pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum)
• 褐鸦雀hè yā què(bird species of China) brown parrotbill (Paradoxornis unicolor)
• 褐冠山雀hè guān shān què(bird species of China) grey-crested tit (Lophophanes dichrous)
• 褐喉沙燕hè hóu shā yàn(bird species of China) grey-throated martin (Riparia chinensis)
• 褐翅雪雀hè chì xuě què(bird species of China) black-winged snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi)
• 褐翅鸦雀hè chì yā què(bird species of China) brown-winged parrotbill (Suthora brunnea)
• 褐头山雀hè tóu shān què(bird species of China) willow tit (Poecile montanus)
• 褐头岭雀hè tóu lǐng què(bird species of China) Sillem's mountain finch (Leucosticte sillemi)
• 褐喉旋木雀hè hóu xuán mù què(bird species of China) Sikkim treecreeper (Certhia discolor)
• 褐喉食蜜鸟hè hóu shí mì niǎo(bird species of China) brown-throated sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis)
• 褐背地山雀hè bèi dì shān què(bird species of China) ground tit (Pseudopodoces humilis)
• 褐翅叉尾海燕hè chì chā wěi hǎi yàn(bird species of China) Tristram's storm petrel (Hydrobates tristrami)
• 褐翅燕鸥hè chì yàn ōu(bird species of China) bridled tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)
• 褐柳莺hè liǔ yīng(bird species of China) dusky warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
• 褐冠鹃隼hè guān juān sǔn(bird species of China) Jerdon's baza (Aviceda jerdoni)
• 褐翅鸦鹃hè chì yā juān(bird species of China) greater coucal (Centropus sinensis)
• 褐鲣鸟hè jiān niǎo(bird species of China) brown booby (Sula leucogaster)
• 褐林鸮hè lín xiāo(bird species of China) brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica)
• 褐渔鸮hè yú xiāo(bird species of China) brown fish owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)

Words containing 褐

• 棕褐色zōng hè sètan; sepia
• 茶褐色chá hè sèdark brown; tawny
• 赤褐色chì hè sèrusset; reddish brown
• 黄褐斑huáng hè bānchloasma; melasma
• 黄褐色huáng hè sètan (color); tawny
• 川褐头山雀Chuān hè tóu shān què(bird species of China) Sichuan tit (Poecile weigoldicus)
• 棕褐短翅莺zōng hè duǎn chì yīng(bird species of China) brown bush warbler (Locustella luteoventris)
• 棕尾褐鹟zōng wěi hè wēng(bird species of China) ferruginous flycatcher (Muscicapa ferruginea)
• 裋褐shù hè(literary) coarse clothing; sackcloth (worn by the poor in former times)
• 纯褐鹱chún hè hù(bird species of China) Bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii)
• 印缅褐头雀鹛Yìn Miǎn hè tóu què méi(bird species of China) manipur fulvetta (Fulvetta manipurensis)

Characters built on 曷

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

• 喝hēto drink; variant of 嗬
• 渴kěthirsty
• 葛gékudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth
• 遏èto restrain; to check; to hold back
• 谒yèto visit (a superior)
• 猲hèfrightened; terrified

Characters that look like 褐

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

• 摆bǎito arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro
• 稿gǎomanuscript; draft; stalk of grain
• 摘zhāito take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove…
• 熊xióngbear; (colloquial) to scold; to rebuke; (colloquial) weak; incapable
• 裸luǒnaked
• 榻tàcouch

Sounds the same

Read hè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 贺to congratulate
• 鹤crane
• 赫awe-inspiring; abbr. for 赫兹
• 喝to shout
• 壑gully; ravine; Taiwan pr. huò
• 荷to carry on one's shoulder or back; burden; responsibility
• 吓to scare; to intimidate; to threaten
• 和to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence…
• 暍hot
• 嗃scold with severity
• 垎(literary) (of soil) dry and hard; (used in place names)
• 焃fiery; bright