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Chinese symbol for “touch”

着
zháo
Traditional: 著
to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by

The closest CC-CEDICT match for touch is 着 (zháo), defined as: to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

着 zháo
to make a move, to take action
radical 109 ⽬ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “touch”

WordPinyinMeaning
接触 (接觸)jiē chùto touch; to contact
碰pèngto touch; to meet with
触及 (觸及)chù jíto touch (physically, one's feelings etc); to touch on (a topic)
触动 (觸動)chù dòngto touch; to stir up (trouble or emotions)
触 (觸)chùto touch; to make contact with sth

Related words

Other words that share a character with 着.

WordPinyinMeaning
随着 (隨著)suí zhealong with; in the wake of
有着 (有著)yǒu zheto have; to possess
接着 (接著)jiē zheto catch and hold on; to continue
意味着 (意味著)yì wèi zheto signify; to mean
活着 (活著)huó zhealive
穿着 (穿著)chuān zhuóattire; clothes; dress

See also: Japanese symbol for “touch”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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