棕 zōng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
棕色
zōngsè
brown color
Characters in this word
色 sè
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 色 — color, tint, hue, shade
- Made of
- ⺈ knife 巴 to cling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他选了一件棕色外套，看起来稳重又自然。 Tā xuǎn le yí jiàn zōngsè wàitào, kàn qǐlai wěnzhòng yòu zìrán. He chose a brown coat, which looked calm and natural.
- 小狗的毛是棕色的，耳朵是白色的。 Xiǎo gǒu de máo shì zōngsè de, ěrduo shì báisè de. The puppy's fur is brown, and its ears are white.
- 秋天到了，树叶慢慢变成了棕色。 Qiūtiān dào le, shùyè mànmàn biàn chéng le zōngsè. Autumn has come, and the leaves are slowly turning brown.