着

See also: 著, 差, 羞, 看, and 箸

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 (Chinese)

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 (Kangxi 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.

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 Dictionary: 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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Corrupted variant of 著 (艹 → 䒑; 日 → 目 (mù)). 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; to stick to; to adhere to; etc.”). (This character 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). In Hong Kong, 着(zoek3/zoek6) and 著(zyu3) are both used and represent different meanings.

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

Japanese

Kanji

着

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

to arrive
to wear

Readings

Go-on: じゃく (jaku, Jōyō ^†)^{←ぢやく (dyaku, historical)}
Kan-on: ちゃく (chaku, Jōyō)
Kun: つく (tsuku, 着く, Jōyō)^{←つく (tuku, 着く, historical)}; つける (tsukeru, 着ける, Jōyō)^{←つける (tukeru, 着ける, historical)}; き (ki, 着); ぎ (gi, 着); きる (kiru, 着る, Jōyō); きせる (kiseru, 着せる, Jōyō)

Compounds

着(き)物(もの) (kimono)
着(ちゃく)実(じつ) (chakujitsu)
着(ちゃく)信(しん)音(おん) (chakushin'on)
着々(ちゃくちゃく) (chakuchaku)
愛着(あいちゃく) (aichaku)
一着(いっちゃく) (itchaku)
薄(うす)着(ぎ) (usugi)
上(うわ)着(ぎ) (uwagi)
決着(けっちゃく) (ketchaku)
膠(こう)着(ちゃく) (kōchaku)
- 膠(こう)着語(ちゃくご) (kōchaku-go)
仕(し)事(ごと)着(ぎ) (shigotogi)
下(した)着(ぎ) (shitagi)
試(し)着(ちゃく) (shichaku)
執着(しゅうちゃく) (shūchaku)
柔(じゅう)道(どう)着(ぎ) (jūdōgi)
新(しん)着(ちゃく) (shinchaku): new arrival
接着(せっちゃく) (setchaku)
先(せん)着(ちゃく) (senchaku): first come, first served
- 先(せん)着(ちゃく)順(じゅん) (senchaku jun)
装着(そうちゃく) (sōchaku)
沈着(ちんちゃく) (chinchaku)
定着(ていちゃく) (teichaku)
到着(とうちゃく) (tōchaku)
粘着(ねんちゃく) (nenchaku)
発着(はっちゃく) (hatchaku)
必(ひっ)着(ちゃく) (hitchaku)
漂着(ひょうちゃく) (hyōchaku)
不(ふ)時(じ)着(ちゃく) (fujichaku)
普(ふ)段(だん)着(ぎ) (fudangi)
付(ふ)着(ちゃく) (fuchaku)
水(みず)着(ぎ) (mizugi)
密着(みっちゃく) (mitchaku)
癒(ゆ)着(ちゃく) (yuchaku)

Etymology 1

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

From Middle Chinese 著 (MC trjak).

First cited as an independent noun from the early 1700s.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちゃく [cháꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠kɯ̟]

Counter

着(ちゃく) • (-chaku)

used to count suits of clothing or individual garments
used to count arrivals

Noun

着(ちゃく) • (chaku)

[from 1748] arrival at a location
[from 1712] (archaic) the wearing of clothing
[from 1871] (archaic) a kimono
[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. Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *ki. The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡʲi]

Suffix

着(ぎ) • (-gi)

clothes, outfit, uniform

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

着 (eumhun 붙을 착 (buteul chak))

hanja form^? of 착 (“arriving; wearing”)

Vietnamese

Han character

着: Hán Nôm readings: trước, trứ, chốc, trốc

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References

Nom Foundation

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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