着

音読おんよみ: チャク

訓読くんよみ:・きせる・つ・つける

画数かくすう: 12 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 羊(ひつじ)

Meaning

Arrive / Wear / Put On

  • 到着とうちゃく — arrival
  • 着物きもの — kimono (traditional clothing)
  • 着陸ちゃくりく — landing (airplane)
  • 着替きがえる — to change clothes
  • 着信ちゃくしん — incoming call/message
  • 発着はっちゃく — departure & arrival

The character 着 originally referred to "adhering" or "attaching." Over time, it came to represent “wearing” clothes and “arriving” at a location — both of which imply something reaching and settling into place.

あたらしいふくました。
I put on new clothes.

東京とうきょう到着とうちゃくしました。
I arrived in Tokyo.

陸
Creates
着陸ちゃくりく — landing (airplane)
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