棕色
Old HSK 6
棕色 (zōngsè) · brown
棕色 (zōngsè) means “brown”. It is written with 2 characters: 棕 (hemp palm) + 色 (color). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 棕色 is built
The characters
棕 zōng · hemp palm
What 棕 is made of
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 八bā — eight
- 十 — ten
- 宗zōng — ancestry
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 示shì — altar
- 二 — two strokes
- 小xiǎo — small
- 宀 — roof
色 sè · color
What 色 is made of
- ⺈ — top shape
- 巴bā — to desire
- 巳sì — the hours from 9 to 11
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 巳sì — the hours from 9 to 11
Origin hint: What a person ⺈ desires 巴 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
她穿了一双棕色的鞋。Tā chuān le yī shuāng zōngsè de xié.She is wearing brown shoes.
这只小狗的毛是棕色的。Zhè zhī xiǎogǒu de máo shì zōngsè de.This puppy's fur is brown.
Questions about 棕色
What does 棕色 mean?
棕色 (zōngsè) means “brown”.
How do you pronounce 棕色?
棕色 is pronounced zōngsè.
Which HSK level is 棕色?
棕色 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 白色báisèwhite
- 黑色hēisèblack
- 红色hóngsèred
- 黄色huángsèyellow
- 蓝色lánsèblue
- 绿色lǜsègreen
- 颜色yánsècolor
- 彩色cǎisècolored
- 景色jǐngsèscenery
- 特色tèsèspecial feature
Learn 棕色 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 248: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.