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Mythic Mandarin

著 (zhù): meaning and stroke order

著 (zhù) means to make known, to show, to prove, to write, book, outstanding.

著

Simplified
著
Traditional
著 (same form)
Pinyin
zhù

Stroke order of 著

著

  • 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
  • Simplified form: 着

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 著

  1. zhù
    • to make known
    • to show
    • to prove
    • to write
    • book
    • outstanding

Radical and structure

著
Radical 艸 (Kangxi radical 140) · 13 strokes · 艹 on top, 者 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.

Words with 著

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).