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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hè | he4
English translation
coarse wool; dull, brown

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

cloth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

衤曷

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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dōng 孢子 bāo zǐ duī chéng àn 褐色 hè sè huò 黑色 hēi sè , 覆盖 fùgài zài 完整 wánzhěng de 寄生 jì shēng 表皮 biǎo pí xià 显得 xiǎnde 发亮 fā liàng .

Telia are dark brown or black, and shine from the intact host epidermal covering.

de 女伴 nǚ bàn 身体 shēntǐ shāo ǎi , 头发 tóufa dàn 褐色 hè sè ,富于 fù yú 表情 biǎoqíng yǒu Shuāng Lán 眼睛 yǎnjing .

Her companion was of lower stature, with lightbrown hair and expressive blue eyes.

褐色 hè sè de 瀑布 pùbù le 下来 xià lai .

Down rippled the brown cascade.

měi dào 冬天 dōng tiān ,墨西哥 Mò xī gē 中部 zhōng bù de 一座山顶 shān dǐng shǎng jiù Mǎn zhǒng chéng 褐色 hè sè de 蝴蝶 húdié .

An isolated mountaintop in central Mexico is covered each winter with orange - and - black monarch butterflies.

山茱萸 shān zhū yú de 蓓蕾 bèi lěi , dàn 绿清雅 qīng yǎ ,点缀 diǎnzhuì zhāo 褐色 hè sè 斑痕.

The dogwood bud, pale green is inlaid with russet markings.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
褐色 hè sè brown褐色 hè sè
brown
黄褐色 huáng hè sè tan (color)黃褐色
黄褐斑 huáng hè bān chloasma黃褐斑
褐煤 hè méi lignite褐煤 hè méi
赤褐色 chì hè sè reddish-brown赤褐色 chì hè sè
褐马鸡 hè mǎ jī (bird species of China) brown eared pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum)褐馬雞
茶褐色 chá hè sè dark brown茶褐色 chá hè sè

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