著 · zhù · zhe
manifest; (Cant.) to wear
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
manifest; (Cant.) to wear
- Mandarin
- zhù · zhe
- Cantonese
- zyu3
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 著 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Source record & scope
Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property
チョ チャク ジャク あらわす いちじるしい あらわれる きる つくKorean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 저
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+8457
- Radical
- 艸 · 140
- Strokes
- 11 · Unihan
- Residual
- 8
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
11 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 著
Character connections
No reverse component match in this collection.
History & distinctions
Related forms
Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- drjo · 直魚 反切 · #243
- Middle Chinese
- trjoX · 丁吕 反切 · #1332
- Middle Chinese
- trjoH · 陟慮 反切 · #2298
- Middle Chinese
- trjak · 張略 反切 · #3561
- Middle Chinese
- drjak · 直略 反切 · #3562
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 2078 · drjo = 遇開三平魚澄 · trjoX = 遇開三上魚知 · trjoH = 遇開三去魚知 · trjak = 宕開三入陽知 · drjak = 宕開三入陽澄
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- zhù zhe
- kCantonese
- zyu3
- kDefinition
- manifest; (Cant.) to wear
- kTotalStrokes
- 11
- kRSUnicode
- 140.8
- kTraditionalVariant
- U+8457
- kSimplifiedVariant
- U+7740 U+8457
- kGradeLevel
- 3
- kTGH
- 2013:2198
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- zhù,chú,zhuó,zhāo,zháo,zhe 53228.020
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- zhe 1465.061 · zhù 1514.040 · zhuó 1527.031
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- zhù 485.190 · zhuó 490.040
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- zhe(10643) zháo(545) zhù(275) zhuó(125) zhāo(15)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- zhù粵zyu3 zhuó粵zoek6 zhuó粵zoek3 zhù,zhuó粵zoek6,zyu3
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 直魚 丁吕 陟慮 張略 直略
- Kangxi positions
- 1044.260
- Guangyun positions
- 071.04 257.26 362.29 504.09 504.15
- GSR references
- 0045n'
- Cangjie
- TJKA
- Four-corner
- 4460.4