着

Character	着
Codepoint	U+7740

See also: 著, 差, and 羞

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)

1. make a move, take action

Usage notes

着 and 著 are traditional variants of the same character (variant dictionary), and in simplified Chinese only 着 is used. However, in Japanese shinjitai, 着 and 著 are distinct characters, and in Big5 encoding 著 is encoded but 着 is not – the variants were standardized differently in Mainland simplified and Taiwanese traditional. In Hong Kong, 着 and 著 are distinct characters with different meaning. But it is sometimes influenced by Mainland and Taiwan.

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

着 (Yale jau1, jau2 jeuk6)

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Japanese

Kanji

着

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. arrive, wear

Readings

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

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)

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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Mandarin

simpl.		着
trad.		著

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

着 (Pinyin zhe (zhe5), zháo (zhao2), zhuó (zhuo2), zhāo (zhao1))

Particle

着 (simplified, Pinyin zhe, traditional 著)

1. indicate action in progress, -ing

   猫看着鱼。 māo kàn zhe yú

   The cat is looking at the fish

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Noun

着 (simplified, Pinyin zhāo, traditional 著)

1. move (chess), trick

Interjection

着 (simplified, Pinyin zhāo, traditional 著)

1. all right, OK

Verb

着 (simplified, Pinyin zhāo, traditional 著)

1. (dialect) to add

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Verb

着 (simplified, Pinyin zhuó, traditional 著)

1. to wear (clothes)
2. to contact, to touch
3. to apply, to use

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Verb

着 (simplified, Pinyin zháo, traditional 著)

1. to touch, to contact
2. to catch fire, to lit, to burn
3. to fall asleep
4. to be affected by

   着凉 to catch cold

References

• "着" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-03-14.

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Middle Chinese

Han character

着 (*djiɑk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

着 (khán, trước)

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Wu

Han character

着 (tsaʔ, z̥aʔ)

Verb

Usage notes

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