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着 — aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state

Pinyin
zhe · zháo · zhāo · zhuó
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — zhe, zháo, zhāo, zhuó — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 着: 11 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

着 — 11 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 着 in the HSK syllabus: 21

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 着zheto touch; to come in contact with; to feelHSK 2
  2. 着急zháojíto worry; to feel anxiousHSK 3
  3. 接着jiēzheto catch and hold on; to continueHSK 4
  4. 随着suízhealong with; in the wake of; followingHSK 4
  5. 有着yǒuzheto have; to possessHSK 4
  6. 着zháoto touch; to come in contact with; to feelHSK 4
  7. 着火zháohuǒto catch fireHSK 4
  8. 意味着yìwèizheto signify; to mean; to implyHSK 5
  9. 着凉zháoliángto catch coldHSK 5
  10. 本着běnzhebased on...; in conformance with..HSK 7–9
  11. 沉着chénzhuósteady; calm and collected; not nervousHSK 7–9
  12. 穿着chuānzhuóattire; clothes; dressHSK 7–9
  13. 着迷zháomíto be fascinated; to be captivatedHSK 7–9
  14. 执着zhízhuódedicated; devoted; persistentHSK 7–9
  15. 着力zhuólìto put effort into sth; to try really hardHSK 7–9
  16. 着落zhuóluòwhereabouts; place to settle; reliable sourceHSK 7–9
  17. 着实zhuóshítruly; indeed; severely; harshlyHSK 7–9
  18. 着手zhuóshǒuto put one's hand to it; to start out on a taskHSK 7–9
  19. 着想zhuóxiǎngto give thought; to considerHSK 7–9
  20. 着眼zhuóyǎnto have one's eyes on; having sth in mindHSK 7–9
  21. 着重zhuózhòngto put emphasis on; to stressHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.