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11 strokes
Traditional (switch to Simplified)

著 (着)

zháo

Definition

to touch
to come in contact with
to feel
to be affected by
to catch fire
to burn
(coll.) to fall asleep
(after a verb) hitting the mark
succeeding in

Other pronunciations

著	zhù	to make known to show to prove to write book outstanding
著	zhāo	(chess) move trick all right! (dialect) to add
著	zhuó	to wear (clothes) to contact to use to apply
著	zhe	particle (indicating an action in progress) grammatical word auxiliary

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

to hesitate

Related words (36)

to catch cold; Taiwan pr. [zhao1 liang2]

to land; to touch the ground; also pr. [zhuo2 di4]

to rush; in a hurry; to worry about being late

to worry; (to be) worried; (to feel) anxious; excited

alarmed; panicking

to catch fire; (to be) on fire; to burn; burning; to ignite; ignition

urgent; in a great hurry; in intimate relationship with sb

to blossom; to come to flower; to be in bloom

relevant; to the point; has sth to do with the matter (also used with negative)

to be fascinated; to be captivated

obsessed; bewitched; enchanted; as if possessed

zháo huǒ diǎn

ignition point (temperature); combustion point

著三不著兩

zháo sān bù zháo liǎng

scatter-brained; thoughtless

no need; need not

to ignite; to kindle

to obtain

to find

head on; red-handed

to guess correctly

to fall asleep; to doze off

to be unable to reach

to reach; to be up to

to worry helplessly

zhǎo bù zháo

(to be) unable to find; cannot find; (to be) unable to locate; cannot locate

unable to clearly understand (a situation etc)

does not count; is not important

to be considered as outstanding or special; to be reckoned with; notable

not worthwhile

worthwhile (often in rhetorical questions, implying not worthwhile); also written 犯得上

(to) not need; (to) have no use for; there is no need (to); it is not worthwhile (to); useless

to be able to use; useable; to have a use for sth; (in interrogative sentence) to be necessary to

to have no right or ability to interfere in sth; it's none of your business!

zhǎo bu zháo běi

to be confused and disoriented

wāi dǎ zhèng zháo

to succeed by a lucky stroke

摸不著頭腦

mō bu zháo tóu nǎo

to be unable to make any sense of the matter; to be at a loss

偷雞不著蝕把米

tōu jī bù zháo shí bǎ mǐ

see 偷雞不成蝕把米

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