着 Kanji – don
The Japanese kanji 着 can mean don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing.
Meaning and Readings
How is 着 read?
着 has the onyomi readings チャク, ジャク and the kunyomi readings きる, -ぎ, きせる, -きせ, つく, つける.
In romaji, these readings can be written as chaku, jaku, kiru, gi, kiseru, kise, tsuku, tsukeru.
Common Japanese Words Using 着
These common Japanese words contain 着. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 一着（いっちゃく） — first place (in a race), first to arrive
- 横着（おうちゃく） — laziness, shirking
- 下着（したぎ） — underwear, undergarment, underclothes, lingerie
- 古着（ふるぎ） — old clothes, secondhand clothing
- 厚着（あつぎ） — wearing thick clothes, dressing warmly
- 試着（しちゃく） — trying on clothes
- 終着駅（しゅうちゃくえき） — terminal station
- 新着（しんちゃく） — newly arrived, newly received
- 水着（みずぎ） — bathing suit, swimsuit, swimmers
- 接着（せっちゃく） — adhesion, glueing, gluing, bonding, binding, adhering, fastening