Chinese symbol for “brown”
棕色
zōng sè
brown
The closest CC-CEDICT match for brown is 棕色 (zōng sè), defined as: brown.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “brown”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 褐色 | hè sè | brown |
| 褐 | hè | brown; gray or dark color |
| 棕 | zōng | palm; palm fiber |
| 咖啡色 | kā fēi sè | coffee color; brown |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 棕色.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 棕榈 (棕櫚) | zōng lǘ | palm tree |
| 棕榈树 (棕櫚樹) | zōng lǘ shù | palm tree |
| 棕榈油 (棕櫚油) | zōng lǘ yóu | palm oil |
| 油棕 | yóu zōng | oil palm |
| 棕熊 | zōng xióng | brown bear |
| 角色 | jué sè | role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4] |
| 特色 | tè sè | a characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality |
| 颜色 (顏色) | yán sè | color; countenance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “brown”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.