| 843 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 949 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 937 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 773 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3983 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 580 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 871 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1445 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 859 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 878 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1031 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 661 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2869 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1480 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1993 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1266 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 31302 | Morohashi |
| 2300 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5098 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1258 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1347 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 928 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
renowned, publish, write, remarkable, phenomenal, put on, don, wear, arrival, finish (race), counter for suits of clothing, literary work
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
849 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 著 【チョ】 work, book, (a book) by, obvious, striking
- 著作 【チョサク】 writing, book
- 近著 【キンチョ】 recent work
- 共著 【キョウチョ】 joint authorship, co-authorship, collaboration, joint work
- 着手 【チャクシュ】 starting work (on), setting to work (on), setting about (doing), beginning, commencing, embarking on, commencing (a crime)
- 着する 【チャクスル】 to arrive, to reach, to adhere, to insist on, to put on, to wear
Kun reading compounds
- 著す 【あらわす】 to write, to publish
- 著しい 【いちじるしい】 striking, remarkable, considerable
Readings
- Korean:
- jeo, chag
Spanish
- expresar
- publicar
- escribir
- notable
- eminente
Portuguese
- renomado
- publico
- notável
- fenomenal
- vestido
- vestir
- usar
- elevado chegada/ fim (corrida)
- sufixo para contagem de vestuário
French
- renommé
- publier
- écrire
- remarquable
- phénoménal
- porter
- arrivée
- auteur
- ouvrage littéraire
- compteur de vêtements
| 1978 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k8.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 3-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 4460.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8457 | Unicode hex code |