Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

著: renowned, publish

Also: write, remarkable, phenomenal, put on, don, wear, arrival, finish (race), counter for suits of clothing, literary work

JLPT N211 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

艹 carries the meaning · 者 gives the sound

11 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

チョcho · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 著者ちょしゃauthor
  • 著作ちょさくbook
  • 著作権ちょさくけんcopyright
  • 共著きょうちょco-authorship
  • 名著めいちょfamous book
  • 顕著なけんちょなremarkable
  • 著名なちょめいなwell-known, celebrated

あらわすarawasu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 書き著すかきあらわすpublish (a book)

いちじるしいichijirushii · kun'yomi

  • 著しいいちじるしいconsiderable

Also read チャク, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
More in the 艹 grass story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
艹

Also built on grass (艹)

All 74
者

Also built on someone (者)

The 者 family reads ショ (sho); 著 is read チョ、チャク.

Also read チョ

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read チャク

3 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
著 renowned · 艹
vs都 metropolis · ⻏
著 has 艹 where 都 has ⻏.
In ChineseSimplified 着 · traditional, as in Japanese · zhe

Japan keeps the traditional form 著; mainland China simplifies it to 着.

Simplified
着 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
著 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zhe most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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