Kanji 着

音読おんよみ: チャク

訓読くんよみ:・きせる・つ・つける

画数かくすう: 12

部首ぶしゅ: ひつじ(羊)

Meaning

Arrive / Wear / Put On

Conjugation
Tap for 着る (wear) Tap for 着く (arrive)
  • 到着とうちゃく — arrival
  • 着物きもの — kimono (traditional clothing)
  • 着陸ちゃくりく — landing (airplane)
  • 着替きがえる — to change clothes
  • 着信ちゃくしん — incoming call/message
  • 発着はっちゃく — departure & arrival
Compound Verbs - tap to expand
  • かざる — to dress up
  • こなす — to wear well; to carry off (clothes)
  • く — to calm down; to settle down
  • える — to change clothes
  • む — to put on (many layers); to bundle up

The character 着 originally referred to "adhering" or "attaching." Over time, it came to represent “wearing” clothes and “arriving” at a location — both of which imply something reaching and settling into place.

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