着

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 3.1.3 Derived terms 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character 8 Wu 8.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

着 (radical 123 羊+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿手月山 (TQBU))

1. make a move, take action

[edit] References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 808, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23339
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3129, character 9
• Unihan data for U+7740

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

着 (Yale jau1, jau2 jeuk6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

着 (grade 3 kanji)

1. 　arrive, wear

[edit] Readings

• On: ちゃく (chaku), じゃく (jaku)
• Kun: きる (kiru), つく (tsuku)

[edit] Compounds

• 着実 (ちゃくじつ, chakujitsu)
• 着実惠 (きみえ, Kimie)
• 着信音 (ちゃくしんおん, chakushin'on)
• 着物 (きもの, kimono)
• 下着 (したぎ, shitagi)
• 水着 (みずぎ, mizugi)
• 上着 (うわぎ, uwagi)
• 柔道着 (じゅうどうぎ, jūdogi)
• 仕事着 (しごとぎ, shigotogi)
• 必着 (ひっちゃく, hitchaku)
• 先着順 (せんちゃくじゅん, senchakujun)
• 膠着語 (こうちゃくご, kōchakugo)

[edit] Derived terms

• 着る (きる, kiru)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

着 (hangeul 착, revised chak, McCune-Reischauer ch'ak, Yale chak)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

着 (pinyin zháo (zhao2), Wade-Giles chao²)

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[edit] Middle Chinese

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着 (*djiɑk)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

着 (khán, trước)

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[edit] Wu

[edit] Han character

着 (tsaʔ, z̥aʔ)

Definition

By itself, this word means 'to take action', but if used in conjunction with other nouns, the meaning of the verb changes as in those examples below:

• 着棋 (tsaʔ tɕi) - to play Go/chess
• 着冷 - to catch cold
• 着港 - to obtain, to receive
• 着衣裳 (tsaʔ i z̥ã) - to fold clothes