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着

don
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingチャク、ジャク
Kun readingき.る、き.せる、つ.く、つ.ける
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. donRtK
    彼は足が地に着いていない。He doesn't have his feet on the ground.tatoeba
    下に着るものについては、The undershirts were,wiki
  2. arrive
  3. wear
  4. counter for suits of clothing
  1. arrival
  2. arriving at ...
  3. counter for items or suits of clothing
  4. nth place (in a race)
  5. counter for moves

Synonyms

発

Popular Usage

上着着る着く着物下着落着く着替え着せる着飾る落ち着き

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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wool · sheep (羊) · eye (目)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 594

Compound words

着くつく
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
着るきる
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
上着うわぎ
coat; jacket; outerwear; top; upper-body garment
下着したぎ
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
着物きもの
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
着せるきせる
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to clothe; to cover; to coat
着替えきがえ
changing clothes; change of clothes
落ち着きおちつき
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
無頓着むとんちゃく
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive
晴れ着はれぎ
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
落ち着くおちつく
to calm down; to compose oneself; to regain presence of mind; to relax; to calm down
たどり着くたどりつく
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
到着するとうちゃくする
to arrive
定着するていちゃくする
to stick
着飾るきかざる
to dress up
一着いっちゃく
first place (in a race); first to arrive; one suit (of clothes); one item (of clothing); putting on (formal clothes)
横着おうちゃく
laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest
古着ふるぎ
old clothes; secondhand clothing
厚着あつぎ
wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly
試着しちゃく
trying on clothes
新着しんちゃく
newly arrived; newly received
水着みずぎ
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
接着せっちゃく
adhesion; glueing; gluing; bonding; binding
先着せんちゃく
arriving first

On Reading Examples

彼はレースで１着だった。ちゃく
He took the first place in the race.tatoeba
彼はこの町に強い愛着を持っている。あいちゃく
He has a great attachment to this town.tatoeba
冬にグレーのスーツを１着あつらえる事を考えています。ちゃく
I have it in mind to have a gray suit made to order for the winter.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

彼は息子が着いた日に亡くなった。つく
He died on the day his son arrived.tatoeba
彼は息を切らして駅に着いた。つく
He arrived at the station out of breath.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は帽子をかぶり、外套を着たままで部屋の中に飛び込んできた。
He ran into the room with his hat and overcoat on.tatoeba
彼は母親の到着を喜んだ。
He rejoiced at his mother's arrival.tatoeba
彼は弁護士になれるという希望に執着していた。
He clung to the hope that he could be a lawyer.tatoeba
彼は服装には無頓着です。
He is careless about his clothes.tatoeba
襟を内側に折って垂領に着る。
The collar is folded inside and worn in the tarikubi style (wrapped in the front with a V-shaped neckline).wiki
そして四日市駅に着く。
Then, the trains arrive at Yokkaichi Station.wiki
それぞれ海に行き着く。
The territory bordered with the sea on all ends.wiki
形状は着物に似ている。
Its shape is similar to that of kimono.wiki
着物の上から穿き、紐で結ぶ。
Hakama is put over kimono (Japanese traditional clothes) and tied with the strips.wiki
江戸：勘平は水色の絹の紋服に着替える。
Edo: Kanpei changes into a light blue silk monpuku (clothing decorated with one's family crest).wiki
関東は、お才らのやりとりの時に水色の絹の衣装に着替える。
In Kanto, Kanpei changes his costume to the blue-colored silk one while Osai is conversing with others.wiki
死者に着せる衣装でもある。
Dead people are dressed in Shiro Shozoku, too.wiki
死者を葬るときに死者に着せる和服は左前にする。
A dead person is dressed in the opposite way for a funeral.wiki

Stroke Order

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