Moto 着: Don; Arrive; WearKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- チャク、ジャク
- Kun'yomi
- き(る)、-ぎ、き(せる)、-き(せ)、つ(く)、つ(ける)
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 533 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (チャク・ジャク)
- 決着けっちゃくconclusion; decision
- 着実ちゃくじつsteady; sound
- 癒着ゆちゃくadhesion; conglutination
- 着ちゃくcounter for suits of clothing
- 到着とうちゃくarrival
- 着工ちゃっこうstarting (construction) work
- 着陸ちゃくりくlanding; alighting
- 定着ていちゃくsticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling
- 先着せんちゃくarriving first
- 必着ひっちゃくmust arrive; must be received
- 発着はっちゃくarrival and departure
- 着目ちゃくもくattention; giving one's attention
- 着用ちゃくようwearing (e.g. uniform, seat belt); having on
- 愛着あいちゃくattachment (esp. to things); love
- 密着みっちゃくclose adhesion; sticking firmly to
- 離着陸りちゃくりくtakeoff and landing
- 接着せっちゃくadhesion; glueing
- 着手ちゃくしゅto start work (on); to undertake
- 執着しゅうちゃくattachment; adhesion
- 着地ちゃくちlanding
- 一着いっちゃくfirst arrival; first in race
- 沈着ちんちゃくsettling or depositing (at the bottom of something); deposition
- 装着そうちゃくequipping; installing
- 着衣ちゃくいclothes (that one is wearing)
- 不時着ふじちゃくemergency landing; forced landing
- 付着ふちゃくsticking to; clinging to
- 吸着きゅうちゃくadsorption
- 土着どちゃくindigenousness; being native (to a region)
- 帰着きちゃくreturn; conclusion
- 新着しんちゃくnew arrivals; new acquisitions
- 横着おうちゃくlaziness; shirking
- 漂着ひょうちゃくdrifting ashore
- 着任ちゃくにんtaking up a new post
- 着信ちゃくしんarrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
- 着岸ちゃくがんreaching the shore; docking a boat
- 着席ちゃくせきtaking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
- 着床ちゃくしょうimplantation (of an embryo)
- 着座ちゃくざtaking a seat
- 着弾ちゃくだんimpact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 落ち着いたおちついたcalm; composed
- 着物きものkimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length)
- 下着したぎunderwear
- 着るきるto wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on
- 水着みずぎbathing suit; swimsuit
- 落ち着きおちつきcalmness; composure
- 上着うわぎcoat; tunic
- 古着ふるぎold clothes; secondhand clothing
- 普段着ふだんぎeveryday clothes; ordinary clothes
- お仕着せおしきせuniforms supplied to employees; an allotment
- たどり着くたどりつくto arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach
- 厚着あつぎwearing thick clothes; dressing warmly
- 寝間着ねまきsleep-wear; nightclothes
- 晴れ着はれぎ(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes
- 着くつくto arrive at; to reach
- 着けるつけるto attach; to join
- 着こなすきこなすto wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
- 着せるきせるto put clothes on (someone)
- 着付けきつけdressing (esp. in kimono); fitting
Other readings
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