着 — kanji meaning “don”
着
don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing
- Meanings
- don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing
- On'yomi
- チャク (chaku)、ジャク (jaku)
- Kun'yomi
- き.る、き.せる、つ.く、つ.ける
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #376 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 109
- Chinese reading
- zháo, zhāo, zhe, zhuó — Chinese character page
Words with 着
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 到着 | とうちゃく touchaku | arrival |
| 水着 | みずぎ mizugi | bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers |
| 下着 | したぎ shitagi | underwear; undergarment; underclothes |
| 定着 | ていちゃく teichaku | sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; fixing |
| 着る | きる kiru | to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on |
| 着陸 | ちゃくりく chakuriku | landing; alighting; touch down |
| 着物 | きもの kimono | kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length) |
| 着実 | ちゃくじつ chakujitsu | steady; sound; solid |
| 落ち着き | おちつき ochitsuki | calmness; composure; presence of mind |
| 着替え | きがえ kigae | changing clothes; change of clothes |
| 発着 | はっちゃく hatchaku | arrival and departure |
| 先着 | せんちゃく senchaku | arriving first |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.