Chinese symbol for “tawny”
茶色
chá sè
dark brown; tawny
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tawny is 茶色 (chá sè), defined as: dark brown; tawny.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “tawny”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 茶色.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 茶叶 (茶葉) | chá yè | tea; tea leaves |
| 喝茶 | hē chá | to drink tea; to get engaged |
| 奶茶 | nǎi chá | milk tea |
| 绿茶 (綠茶) | lǜ chá | green tea; (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative; a girl who has these qualities |
| 红茶 (紅茶) | hóng chá | black tea; measure word: 杯 (bēi), 壶 (hú) |
| 茶馆 (茶館) | chá guǎn | teahouse; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tawny”.
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.