The kanji 著: meaning, readings and stroke order
著
- Meaning
- write, notable
- On reading
- チョ cho
- Kun reading
- あらわ(す) arawasu、いちじる(しい) ichijirushii
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 艸 grass
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
- Old form
- 著
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- viết (sách), rõ rệt (trứ)
- Japanese
- ほんを かく。はっきり めだつ。
- Korean
- 글을 쓰다, 뚜렷하다 (저)
- Chinese
- 著作、显著
Readings, words and example sentences
チョ cho · on reading
著者
author, writer
本の 著者に 手紙を 書きます。
I write a letter to the author of the book.
あらわ(す) arawasu · kun reading · less common
著す
to write (a book)
先生が 新しい 本を 著しました。
My teacher wrote a new book.
いちじる(しい) ichijirushii · kun reading · less common
著しい
remarkable, very clear
この 一年で 著しく 育ちました。
It has grown a lot in this one year.
Practise writing 著 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 著 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 6 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.