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Kanji Detail for 着 - "to wear, to arrive"

着

  • Meaning

    着 means "to wear, to arrive." Also associated with to attach.

    1. Wear - To put on clothing.

    2. Arrive - To reach a destination.

    3. Attach - To stick; to adhere.

  • Words using 着

    • 着実 ちゃくじつ Listen steady; sound; solid
    • 落ち着いた おちついた Listen calm; composed; cool
    • 癒着 ゆちゃく Listen adhesion; conglutination; accretion
    • 到着 とうちゃく Listen arrival
    • 着工 ちゃっこう Listen starting (construction) work
    • 着陸 ちゃくりく Listen landing; alighting; touch down
    • 着物 きもの Listen kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing
    • 下着 したぎ Listen underwear; undergarment; underclothes

  • Four-character idioms with 着

    • 一件落着 いっけんらくちゃく Listen an issue being settled; a case being closed
    • 冷静沈着 れいせいちんちゃく Listen calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
    • 撞着矛盾 どうちゃくむじゅん Listen self-contradiction
    • 沈着冷静 ちんちゃくれいせい Listen calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
    • 着眼大局 ちゃくがんたいきょく Listen having an eye to the big picture; being aware of the general situation
    • 矛盾撞着 むじゅんどうちゃく Listen self-contradiction

  • Tattoo check: 着

    • Verified meaning: to wear, to arrive
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ちゃく, つきざき)
    • Also carries these associations: to attach

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 着

    Surnames 着(ちゃく)Listen 着(つきざき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    don; arrive; wear; counter for suits of clothing

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    make move, take action

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to make a move, to take action

  • Onyomi

    tip

    chaku(チャク) チャク

    jaku(ジャク) ジャク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ki.ru(き-る) き-る

    ki.seru(き-せる) き-せる

    tsu.keru(つ-ける) つ-ける

    tsu.ku(つ-く) つ-く

  • Strokes

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    12 strokes

  • Radical

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    羊 (hitsuji・hitsujihen)

  • Related Keywords

    to wear to arrive to attach counter adhere attire clothing coat combine connect destination don dress garment join outfit put on reach stick uniform

Sentences including 着

  • When do i get there?

  • He arrived in time.

  • The girl in a blue coat is my daughter.

  • A short walk brought me to the museum.

  • He will reach kyoto the day after tomorrow.

  • I put on my favorite dress for the party.

  • She decided on the red coat.

  • You look nice in that dress.

  • I don't have a thing to wear.

  • It looks like i'm going to arrive late.

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