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

Japanese stroke order

Shinjitai	着
Simplified	着
Traditional	着/著

Alternative forms

Note that the character is written differently depending on region. In China and Taiwan, the top component is written ⺶ (the 丿 stroke is not split into two strokes) while in Hong Kong, Japan and Korea, the top component is written 𦍌 followed by 丿 (split into two separate strokes).

Glyph origin

Variant of 著.

Han character

着 (radical 109 目+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿手月山 (TQBU), composition ⿸⺶目(GT) or ⿱𦍌⿰丿目(HJK))

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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Chinese

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 and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Usage notes

着 is both the simplified 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

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Japanese

Kanji

着

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. arrive
2. wear

Readings

• Goon: じゃく (jaku, Jōyō, uncommon)
• Kan’on: ちゃく (chaku, Jōyō)
• Kun: つく (tsuku, 着く, Jōyō); つける (tsukeru, 着ける, Jōyō); きる (kiru, 着る, Jōyō); きせる (kiseru, 着せる, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 着実 (ちゃくじつ) (chakujitsu)
• 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 (じゅう)道 (どう)着 (ぎ) (jūdōgi)
• 仕事着 (しごとぎ) (shigotogi)
• 新着 (しんちゃく) (shinchaku): new arrival
• 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)

Derived terms

• 着 (き)る (kiru)
• 着 (つ)く (tsuku): to arrive
• 着物 (きもの) (kimono)

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

Pronunciation

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

Counter

着 (hiragana ちゃく, rōmaji -chaku)

1. suits of clothing

Noun

着 (hiragana ちゃく, rōmaji chaku)

1. arrival at

Suffix

着 (hiragana ぎ, rōmaji -gi)

1. clothes, outfit, uniform

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

着 (khán, trước)

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