着

See also: 著, 差, 羞, and 看

着 U+7740, 着 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7740 ← 眿 [U+773F] CJK Unified Ideographs 睁 → [U+7741]

着 U+FAAA, 着 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FAAA ← 睊 [U+FAA9] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 磌 → [U+FAAB]

Translingual

Stroke order

Mainland China

Stroke order

Stroke order (Japan)

Japanese	着
Simplified	着
Traditional	著/着

Alternative forms

• In mainland China, the top component is written ⺶ (the 丿 stroke is not split into two strokes).
• In Hong Kong, Japan and Korea, the top component is written 𦍌 followed by 丿 (split into two separate components).
• A CJK compatibility ideograph exists at U+FAAA for the alternative form used in Taiwan that resembles the form used in Hong Kong/Japan/Korea that is written with 12 strokes.

Han character

着 (radical 109, 目+7 in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 目+6 in mainland China, 12 strokes in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 11 strokes in mainland China, cangjie input 廿手月山 (TQBU), four-corner 8060₅, composition ⿸⺶目(GT or U+FAAA) or ⿱𦍌⿰丿目(HJK))

Usage notes

This character is not found in the authoritative Kangxi dictionary. See glyph origin below.

In Japan this character is usually classified under radical 123, 羊+6.

Derived characters

• 𬿜, 𪢂, 撯, 𬍃, 𭢑, 𣚰, 𤏲, 𦅝, 𧝙, 𨬣, 𮬍

Related characters

• 著 (Preferred form used for traditional Chinese in Taiwan)

References

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

• Unihan data for U+FAAA

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Corrupted variant of 著 (艹 → 䒑; 日 → 目). Recorded as an unorthodox form (俗字) in the Tang dynasty orthographic dictionary Ganlu Zishu 《干祿字書》.

Later dictionaries such as the Ming dynasty 《字學三正》 and Qing dynasty Zhengzitong 《正字通》 recorded the glyph as ⿱𦍌⿰丿目.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 着 – see 著 (“to attach; to touch; to contact; etc.”). (This character, 着, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 著.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Usage notes

着 is both the standard and variant traditional character of some senses of 著 (Pronunciations 1 and 2). Its usage varies with region:

Region	著	着
Taiwan	standard	variant
Hong Kong	variant	standard

In mainland China's Table of General Standard Chinese Characters (通用规范汉字表), 著 (zhù) is not listed as a traditional form of 着 and is considered a separate character.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03506-003#37
• Master Ideographs Seeker for CNS 11643 Chinese Standard Interchange Code (CNS11643 中文標準交換碼全字庫)
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03506-015#18

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Japanese

Kanji

着

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. to arrive
2. to wear

Readings

• Go-on: じゃく (jaku, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: ちゃく (chaku, Jōyō)
• Kun: つく (tsuku, 着く, Jōyō); つける (tsukeru, 着ける, Jōyō); き (ki, 着); ぎ (gi, 着); きる (kiru, 着る, Jōyō); きせる (kiseru, 着せる, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 着(ちゃく)実(じつ) (chakujitsu)
• 着(ちゃく)信(しん)音(おん) (chakushin'on)
• 着(き)物(もの) (kimono)
• 下(した)着(ぎ) (shitagi)
• 水(みず)着(ぎ) (mizugi)
• 上(うわ)着(ぎ) (uwagi)
• 柔(じゅう)道(どう)着(ぎ) (jūdōgi)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)着(ぎ) (shigotogi)
• 新(しん)着(ちゃく) (shinchaku): new arrival
• 必(ひっ)着(ちゃく) (hitchaku)
• 先(せん)着(ちゃく)順(じゅん) (senchakujun)
• 膠(こう)着(ちゃく)語(ご) (kōchakugo)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
着
ちゃく Grade: 3
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 著 (MC ɖɨʌ, ʈɨʌ^X, ʈɨʌ^H, ʈɨɐk̚, ɖɨɐk̚).

First cited as an independent noun from the early 1700s.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) ちゃ​く [cháꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Counter

着(ちゃく) • (-chaku) 

1. used to count suits of clothing or individual garments
2. used to count arrivals

Noun

着(ちゃく) • (chaku) 

1. [from 1748] arrival at a location
2. [from 1712] (archaic) the wearing of clothing
3. [from 1871] (archaic) a kimono
4. [from 1768] (archaic, possibly obsolete) in the area around Edo, short for 巾着切り (kinchaku kiri, “a cutpurse”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
着
き > ぎ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

From the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 着る. The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡʲi]

Suffix

着(ぎ) • (-gi) 

1. clothes, outfit, uniform

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Korean

Hanja

着 (eumhun 붙을 착 (buteul chak))

1. Hanja form^? of 착 (“arriving; wearing”).

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Vietnamese

Han character

着: Hán Nôm readings: trước, trứ

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References

• Nom Foundation