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褐 means 'brown'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 2719   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-48    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 16 words   Used in 26 words   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
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   カツ
  
Right side is simplified from (what), a component used in one Joyo, (arrowroot)
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 褐 - click the badge to download
Find out why the Japanese use 褐 for the color of coffee and why they once dyed armor and weapons indigo for good luck. Learn to say, “She got her dark skin and brown eyes from her father.” See how “chocolate world history” differs from “brown world history.” Find out about “brown fat” and “the brown plague.” And discover the shocking ancestry of a beloved French author.
The essay is also included in the following Thematic Bundles
01
Color Me Surprised!
褐 彩 朱 丹
Nature abounds in these essays, including blood-red sunsets, brightly colored birds, and fall foliage. Logically, art forms such as painting, calligraphy, and lacquering also emerge as central themes. But who would have guessed that color ties in with many body parts: blood, the eye, lips, skin, cells, and even a point where energy is concentrated. Mental states also matter here with faces flushed with rage, diligence in work, depression and lifelessness, and vitality. Moreover, multiple essays touch on religion, minerals (including one ingested for longevity), and old forms of currency (one of which was chocolate!).
⿰   () clothes  ⿱   sun; day   fragrant  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 褐 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 褐 is used 24 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
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noun
dark reddish-brown; liver color
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noun
dark indigo (almost black)
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An additional 2 less common words include 褐 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 1089  Joy o' Kanji : 1089  Key to Kanji:

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カツ    brown   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
にお fragrant   にお to be fragrant   
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さじ spoon   
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
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