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Single character for brown color
褐 is the most simple way to express brown in Chinese.
It also means brown in Japanese but this character is not often written alone in Japanese (they would tend to write 褐色 (brown color) to refer to brown or the color of tanned skin.
In some contexts, this can refer to gray or a dark color, or coarse hemp cloth.
In the Buddhist context, it can refer to a coarse serge (cheaply sewn clothing) hence poverty.
Note: In Taiwanese Mandarin, this is spoken with the 2nd or rising tone instead of the 4th or falling tone used in the mainland.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Serge search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
褐 see styles |
hè he4 ho kachi; katsu; kachin(ok) かち; かつ; かちん(ok) |
More info & calligraphy: Brown(1) (See 褐色) dark indigo (almost black); (2) coarse cloth Coarse serge, hence poverty. |
セルジ see styles |
seruji セルジ |
More info & calligraphy: Sergi |
セルジュ see styles |
seruju セルジュ |
More info & calligraphy: Serge |
毾 see styles |
tà ta4 t`a ta |
a coarse, woollen serge |
せる see styles |
seru セル |
(1) cell; (2) (abbreviation) (See セル地) serge; (3) (abbreviation) (See セルロイド) cel (celluloid); (personal name) Szell |
嗶嘰 哔叽 see styles |
bì jī bi4 ji1 pi chi |
serge (loanword) |
サージ see styles |
saaji / saji サージ |
surge; (personal name) Serge |
セル地 see styles |
seruji; seruji セルじ; セルジ |
(See セル・2,サージ・2) serge |
毛嗶嘰 毛哔叽 see styles |
máo bì jī mao2 bi4 ji1 mao pi chi |
serge |
クーセヴィツキー see styles |
kuuseritsukii / kuseritsuki クーセヴィツキー |
(person) Serge Kōssevitzky |
セル地(ateji) see styles |
seruji セルジ |
(kana only) (See セル・2) serge (dut:) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Serge | セルジュ | seruju | ||
Serge | 塞爾日 塞尔日 | sāi ěr rì sai4 er3 ri4 sai er ri saierri | sai erh jih saierhjih |
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Brown | 褐 | katsu | hè / he4 / he | ho |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
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When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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