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着

Traditional: 著

zhāo

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zhāo · zoek3 (Jyutping)

  1. variant of 著|着[zhao1]
  2. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2])
  3. trick; tactic
  4. (dialect) okay; all right
  5. (dialect) to put in; to add

zháo · zoek3 (Jyutping)

  1. variant of 著|着[zhao2]
  2. to touch
  3. to come in contact with
  4. to feel
  5. to be affected by
  6. to catch fire
  7. to burn
  8. (coll.) to fall asleep
  9. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  10. succeeding in

zhe · zoek3 (Jyutping)

  1. variant of 著|着[zhe5]
  2. aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state

zhuó · zoek3 (Jyutping)

  1. variant of 著|着[zhuo2]
  2. to wear (clothes)
  3. to contact
  4. to use
  5. to apply

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

着

Meaning
make move, take action
Radical
目
Strokes
11
Components
⿸羊目
Cangjie
TQBU
Four-corner
8060.4 8060.1

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