ChiramiN4 kanji · 12 strokes
着 means wear, arrive
羊 sheep · 目 eye
着Memory trick
A sheep (羊) with its eye (目) on a new wool coat: to wear. Also: to arrive.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- don, arrive, wear
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 3 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) きる kiru
きる (kiru) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: きせる kiseru, つく tsuku, つける tsukeru
From Chinese (onyomi) チャク chaku
チャク (chaku) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: ジャク jaku
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
着る きる · kiru
to wear, to put on
Built from
- 羊 sheep
- 王 king, jewel
- 丷 split apart
- 丿 a sweeping stroke
- 目 eye
Tap a part to see the N5 and N4 kanji that use it.
羊 Used in 25 kanji
See all 3 at N5 and N4丷 Used in 140 kanji
See all 17 at N5 and N4目 Used in 136 kanji
See all 14 at N5 and N4Quick check
What does 着 mean?
Right: 着 means wear, arrive.Not quite: 着 means wear, arrive.In 着る, which reading does 着 use?
Right. 着る is read きる (kiru): 着 takes き, its Japanese reading, with る after it.Not quite. 着る is read きる (kiru): 着 takes き, its Japanese reading, with る after it.