著
著·author, write, remarkable
- On-yomi
- チョ
- Kun-yomi
- あらわ(す)いちじる(しい)
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 著者 | ちょしゃ | author |
| 著しい | いちじるしい | remarkable, striking |
| 著作権 | ちょさくけん | copyright |
| 著名 | ちょめい | well-known, eminent |
Example sentences
この本の著者は医者だそうだ。
このほんのちょしゃはいしゃだそうだ。
I hear the author of this book is a doctor.
最近、売り上げが著しく伸びた。
さいきん、うりあげがいちじるしくのびた。
Sales have grown remarkably of late.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading 著しい as ちょしい — the kun reading is the long いちじるしい
- Confusing 著す (to write a book) with 表す (to express) and 現す (to reveal), all あらわす
Memory aid
Picture it
Grass (艹) over 者 (person): someone standing head and shoulders above the grass — conspicuous, and by extension the name that stands on the cover of a book.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 著作権ちょさくけんcopyright
- 顕著けんちょremarkable, marked, conspicuous (difference, trend, effect)
- 著すあらわすto write, to author, to publish (a book)
- 著者ちょしゃauthor, writer (of a book)
- 著しいいちじるしいremarkable, striking, marked (change, progress, decline)
- 著作ちょさくwriting, work (authored)
- 著書ちょしょliterary work; book (one has written)
- 著名ちょめいwell-known; noted; celebrated; eminent
- 著ちょa written work; a book; authorship (written by ...)
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