着

See also: 著, 差, and 羞

Character	着
Unicode name	CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7740
Code point	U+7740
Unicode block	CJK Unified Ideographs
← 眿 [U+773F] [U+7741] 睁 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Simplified from 著

In current form 羊 + 目, with distorted 羊. Not related to 差 or 羞.

Han character

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

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. (This term, 着, is a variant form of 著.)

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	rare variant
Hong Kong	variant	standard

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Japanese

Kanji

着

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. arrive, wear

Readings

• Goon: じゃく (jaku)
• Kan’on: ちゃく (chaku)
• Kun: きる (kiru), つく (tsuku)

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)
• 柔道着 (じゅうどうぎ, jūdōgi)
• 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)

Derived terms

• 着る (きる, kiru)
• 着く (つく, tsuku) (to arrive)

Counter

着 (hiragana ちゃく, romaji -chaku)

1. suits of clothing

Suffix

着 (hiragana ぎ, romaji -gi)

1. clothes, outfit, uniform

着 (hiragana ちゃく, romaji -chaku)

1. arrival at

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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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