着 - Dong Chinese dictionary

zhe, zhāo, zháo, zhuó

[progress particle]

Original meaning:

chopsticks

Simplified form of 著. 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.

Components

艹 Meaning Simplified component

cao, cǎo

grass

Alludes to bamboo chopsticks. 艹 and ⺮ (bamboo) were often used interchangeably with each other because of their visual and semantic similarity.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 艹 than it was in ancient scripts.

者 Sound component

zhě

one who...

Evolution

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

着 (著)

zhe

manifest; (Cant.) to wear; aspect particle indicating action in progress

着 (著)

zhāo

(chess) move; trick; all right!; (dialect) to add

着 (著)

zháo

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

着 (著)

zhuó

to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply

Most common words with 着