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Kanji 着: meaning "wear, arrive", readings, stroke order

The kanji 着 means "wear, arrive". On'yomi: チャク、ジャク; kun'yomi: きる、きせる、つく、つける. JLPT N4 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
wear, arrive
On'yomi
チャクジャク· special — Special reading: the official table keeps it for a few words or particular uses.
Kun'yomi
きるきせるつくつける
Strokes
12
Level
JLPT N4
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Special reading: the official table keeps it for a few words or particular uses.

Words with 着

  • 上着 うわぎ — Jacket / coat
  • 着く つく — to arrive at, to reach
  • 着物 きもの — kimono; Japanese traditional dress
  • 下着 したぎ — underwear
  • 着ける つける — to put on, to wear; to draw up
  • 到着 とうちゃく — arrival
  • ~着 ~ちゃく — counter for clothes; finishing place
  • 落着く おちつく — to calm down, to settle down
  • 着替え きがえ — changing clothes, change of clothes
  • 着替える きがえる — to change (one's) clothes
  • 着せる きせる — to put on clothes
  • 着々 ちゃくちゃく — steadily

Stroke order · 12 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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