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著 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
On
チョちょ · cho
Kun
あらわ(す)・いちじる(しい)arawa(su) · ichijiru(shii)
Meaning
to write (a book); marked; notable

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

艹 "grass" over 者; grass standing out plainly — hence "marked, notable," and "to write, author."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onチョちょcho著名ちょめい著作ちょさく顕著けんちょ
Kunあらわすarawasu著すあらわす

Compare: 表す・現す

Kunいちじるしいichijirushii著しいいちじるしい著しさいちじるしさ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 著者ちょしゃ

    author

  • 著名ちょめい

    famous; well-known

More words with this kanji

  • 顕著けんちょ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

この本(ほん)の著者(ちょしゃ)に会(あ)いたい。

I want to meet the author of this book.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading チョAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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