棕 zōng hemp palm
hemp palm; palm tree
How to remember 棕: 木 tree + 宗 ancestry = hemp palm. Grandma says the tall tree by the door is part of the family ancestry, because her great-grandfather planted that hemp palm.
Component breakdown
棕 = 木 tree + 宗 ancestry
- 木 tree
- 宗 ancestry
Grandma says the tall tree by the door is part of the family ancestry, because her great-grandfather planted that hemp palm.
How it is used
- Palm/palm fiber, but most useful as the color brown - 棕色 (zōngsè) brown.
- 棕榈 (zōnglǘ) = the palm tree; 棕垫 = a palm-fiber mat.
- Note: 棕色 is brown; distinguish from 咖啡色 (coffee/brown) and 褐色 (hè sè, a darker brown) which overlap.
- 棕熊 (zōngxióng) = a brown bear.