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Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "chopsticks", now written as 箸. The modern meanings are phonetic loans.
Components
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
Alludes to bamboo chopsticks. 艹 and ⺮ (bamboo) were often used interchangeably with each other because of their visual and semantic similarity.
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Historical Evolution
着
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
着
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
着
Regular
Modern
Chinese
着 / 著 [zhāo]
(chess) move; trick; all right!; (dialect) to add
着 / 著 [zháo]
to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in
着 / 著 [zhe]
aspect particle indicating action in progress
着 / 著 [zhuó]
to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply
Japanese
- (written) work; book
- (written) by (after an author's name)
- clearness; obviousness; conspicuousness
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
著 あきら
Akira unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
著名 [zhùmíng] #1,578
famous
显著 [xiǎnzhù] #13,036
outstanding
显著 [xiǎnzhù] #13,036
outstanding
著作 [zhùzuò] #12,426
to write
著称 [zhùchēng] #15,364
to be widely known as
著称 [zhùchēng] #15,364
to be widely known as
土著 [tǔzhù] #11,419
aboriginal
臭名昭著 [chòumíngzhāozhù] #11,498
notorious
名著 [míngzhù] #19,120
masterpiece
原著 [yuánzhù] #22,583
original work (not translation or abridged)
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JAPANESE WORDS (73)
⭐ 着る [きる] #671
to wear (from the shoulders down)
⭐ 執着 [しゅうちゃく] #5,531
attachment
⭐ 著しい [いちじるしい] #7,468
striking
⭐ 著者 [ちょしゃ] #13,568
author (usu. of a particular book)
⭐ 顕著 [けんちょ] #14,169
remarkable
⭐ 愛着 [あいちゃく] #14,342
attachment (esp. to things)
⭐ 着手 [ちゃくしゅ] #19,301
starting work (on)
⭐ 著作 [ちょさく] #24,829
writing (a book)
⭐ 著書 [ちょしょ] #25,434
(written) work
⭐ 著名 [ちょめい] #26,980
famous
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