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着急 (zháo jí): meaning and stroke order

着急 (zháo jí) means to worry; to feel anxious, to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry, Taiwan pr..

着急

Simplified
着急
Traditional
著急
Pinyin
zháo jí

Stroke order of 着急

着

  • zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic
  • zháo to touch; to come in contact with
  • zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
  • 11 strokes
  • Traditional form: 著

Stroke by stroke

急

  • jí urgent; pressing
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 着急

  1. zháo jí Traditional 著急
    • to worry; to feel anxious
    • to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry
    • Taiwan pr. [zhao1ji2]

Radicals of the characters

着
Radical 目 (Kangxi radical 109) · 12 strokes
急
Radical 心 (Kangxi radical 61) · 9 strokes · 刍 on top, 心 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

着急 in our stories

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  • 周亮很着急：“今天还有房间吗？”

    Zhōu Liàng hěn zháojí jīntiān háiyǒu fángjiān ma

    Zhou Liang was worried: "Do you still have a room tonight?"

    From the story Next Friday HSK 2

  • 一个小男孩看他很着急，就带他回到路口。

    yí gè xiǎo nánhái kàn tā hěn zháojí jiù dài tā huídào lùkǒu

    A little boy sees how worried he is and takes him back to the junction.

    From the story How do I get to the bookshop? HSK 2

  • 他很着急：九点他要开会。

    tā hěn zháojí jiǔ diǎn tā yào kāihuì

    He is worried: he has a meeting at nine.

    From the story Where's my phone? HSK 2

Stories using 着急

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).