著 — renowned, publish, write

ちょ著 renowned

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes

U+8457 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #849 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1347 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

renowned
publish
write
remarkable
phenomenal
put on
don
wear
arrival
finish
counter for suits of clothing
literary work

word

ちょ cho On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

著(ちょ) cho written by 著(ちょ) 作(さく) chosaku literary work 著(ちょ) 者(しゃ) chosha author 著(ちょ) 書(しょ) chosho literary work 著(ちょ) 名(めい) chomei famous 共(きょう) 著(ちょ) kyoucho co-authorship 編(へん) 著(ちょ) hencho compilation 顕(けん) 著(ちょ) kencho remarkable

いちじる ichijiru Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

著(いちじる) しい ichijirushii remarkable

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

艹 grass

もの者 someone

Open in Atlas

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#140 艸 grass