着

Alternative forms

 * In mainland China, the top component is written (the  stroke is not split into two strokes).
 * In Hong Kong, Japan and Korea, the top component is written followed by  (split into two separate components).
 * A exists at   for the alternative form used in Taiwan that resembles the form used in Hong Kong/Japan/Korea that is written with 12 strokes.

Usage notes
This character is not found in the authoritative. See glyph origin below.

In Japan this character is usually classified under radical 123, 羊.

Related characters

 * (Preferred form used for in Taiwan)

Glyph origin
Corrupted variant of ( → ;  → ). Recorded as an unorthodox form in the  orthographic dictionary .

Later dictionaries such as the 《字學三正》 and    recorded the glyph as ⿱𦍌⿰丿目.

Usage notes
着 is both the standard and variant traditional character of some senses of (Pronunciations 1 and 2). In Hong Kong, 着(zoek3/zoek6) and 著(zyu3) are both used and represent different meanings.

In mainland China's,  is not listed as a traditional form of 着 and is considered a separate character.

Kanji

 * 1) to arrive
 * 2) to wear

Compounds

 * : new arrival
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Etymology 1
From.

First cited as an independent noun from the early 1700s.

Noun

 * 1)  arrival at a location
 * 2)   the wearing of clothing
 * 3)   a kimono

Etymology 2
From the Ultimately from.

Suffix

 * 1) clothes, outfit, uniform