著 – renowned, publish, write

11 strokesTaught in grade 6#849 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 著 means renowned, publish, write, remarkable, phenomenal, put on, don, wear. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チョ、チャク (cho, chaku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あらわ.す、いちじる.しい (arawasu, ichijirushii). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 艸 (no. 140).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チョ	cho
On’yomi	チャク	chaku
Kun’yomi	あらわ.す	arawasu
Kun’yomi	いちじる.しい	ichijirushii

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 艸 (Kangxi radical 140). Components: 日・老・艾.

Words using 著

著すあらわすto write著者ちょしゃauthor (usu. of a particular book)著ちょ(written) work著書ちょしょ(written) work著名ちょめいfamous著しいいちじるしいstriking

Example sentences

有名作家はまたベストセラー書を著した。

The famous author created another best-selling book.

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この本の著者は誰ですか。

Who is the author of this book?

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階層問題に対する、消費社会論の著である。

It is a literary work confronting the class problem of a consumer society.

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Kanji with the same radical

葉落英若蔵花苦薬芸葬草薄芝薦華荒

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