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著 - N2 Kanji

Meaning of 著 意味

renowned, publish, write, remarkable, phenomenal, put on, don, wear, arrival, finish (race), counter for suits of clothing, literary work

著 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

あらわ.す arawa.su
いちじる.しい ichijiru.shii

KUNYOMI 訓読み

チョ cho
チャク chaku

Examples

階層問題に対する、消費社会論の著である。It is a literary work confronting the class problem of a consumer society.
ハーブ、レオン・トーマス著、ハーバルライフ社よりという名前を記載してください。Just make sure that credit is given: “from The Herbs, by Leon Thomas, published by Herbal Life.”

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