褐 = 衤 + 曷

褐 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “coarse woolen cloth”. It is built from 衤 (clothes) and 曷 (why? what? where?).

Keyword: coarse woolen cloth
Pinyin (Mandarin): hè
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: грубая шерстяная ткань
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 褐 brown

Decomposition

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衤 clothes
曷 why? what? where?

How to find 褐 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “clothes” + “why? what? where?”. 褐 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 褐 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.