Read Edit View history 著 zhezháozhuózhùzhāo HSK1 [progress particle] Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "chopsticks", now written as 箸. The modern meanings are phonetic loans. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhe ×zháo ×zhù × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 着 ×著 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 著 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Alludes to bamboo chopsticks. 艹 and ⺮ (bamboo) were often used interchangeably with each other because of their visual and semantic similarity. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 著 Simp strokes 著 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 著 Simp strokes 著 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 著 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 216, 693 ], [ 275, 686 ], [ 698, 741 ], [ 749, 737 ], [ 784, 724 ] ], [ [ 355, 811 ], [ 395, 783 ], [ 424, 643 ] ], [ [ 597, 855 ], [ 613, 846 ], [ 632, 816 ], [ 601, 707 ], [ 571, 632 ] ], [ [ 326, 508 ], [ 387, 500 ], [ 559, 534 ], [ 613, 531 ] ], [ [ 461, 626 ], [ 498, 591 ], [ 494, 435 ], [ 479, 413 ] ], [ [ 120, 357 ], [ 158, 347 ], [ 190, 349 ], [ 439, 387 ], [ 810, 423 ], [ 856, 423 ], [ 919, 404 ] ], [ [ 776, 553 ], [ 717, 555 ], [ 582, 414 ], [ 361, 226 ], [ 212, 122 ], [ 155, 89 ], [ 82, 59 ] ], [ [ 388, 285 ], [ 410, 252 ], [ 415, 230 ], [ 408, 79 ], [ 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785 543 786 554 Q 785 561 774 569 Q 743 591 715 600 Q 699 604 689 588 Q 673 540 548 415 L 508 378 Q 462 338 407 292 L 381 270 Q 357 252 333 231 Q 230 150 83 65 Q 76 61 77 57 Q 78 54 86 55 Q 162 71 202 96 Q 296 151 392 225 L 470 289 Z", "M 407 292 Q 392 298 382 296 Q 370 292 376 282 Q 377 278 381 270 L 392 225 Q 392 96 373 57 Q 357 21 389 -16 Q 395 -28 404 -23 Q 414 -16 422 11 L 431 47 Q 432 63 434 83 Q 434 114 435 139 L 436 170 Q 436 233 440 253 L 407 292 Z", "M 597 32 Q 630 -8 652 -47 Q 662 -66 672 -65 Q 688 -64 705 -30 Q 723 7 720 54 Q 713 112 707 217 Q 706 248 722 268 Q 732 281 723 291 Q 704 310 654 333 Q 638 343 622 334 Q 595 321 470 289 C 407 273 410 249 440 253 Q 458 253 606 285 Q 628 289 639 282 Q 663 252 648 60 L 648 58 Q 642 39 624 47 L 623 47 C 593 46 586 45 597 32 Z", "M 435 139 Q 519 151 582 158 Q 606 162 597 176 Q 587 192 559 196 Q 526 202 436 170 C 408 160 405 135 435 139 Z", "M 422 11 Q 428 11 435 12 Q 487 24 597 32 C 627 34 633 35 623 47 Q 616 57 594 71 Q 578 81 547 72 Q 484 56 431 47 C 401 42 392 10 422 11 Z" ] } 11 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.