# 褐 — brown

褐 means “brown”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. On'yomi: カツ (katsu). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: brown
- On'yomi: カツ (katsu)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 13
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Colours & light

## How to remember 褐

Parts: 衤 clothes · 曷 why

## Don't confuse it with

[掲](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/post-up/) · [葛](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/kudzu/) · [喝](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/bellow/) · [渇](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/thirst/)

## More in the “Colours & light” set

[彩](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/colouring/) · [丹](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/cinnabar/) · [玄](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/mysterious/) · [紫](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/purple/) · [朱](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/vermilion/) · [紺](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/navy-blue/) · [藍](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/indigo/) · [褐](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/brown/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/brown/. Last updated 2026-11-01.