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着 means 'arrive'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 217   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-5    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 10    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 149 words   Used in 440 words   Used in 54 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   チャク   ジャク
Kun
   つく to arrive   つける to attach   きる to wear   きせる to make wear
Additional readings
Kun    -ぎ   -きせ
Components
⿱  𦍌 (羊) sheep  ⿰  ノ (乃) katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from  目 eye  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 着 is used 31 times, read 4 ways (with 2 variations).
Across all words in Japanese, 着 is used 424 times, read 4 ways (with 2 variations).
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チャク : 238 words FIND ALL
と う ち ゃ く 0
arrival
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チャク (read as ちゃっ) : 14 words FIND ALL
ち ゃ っ こ う 0
start of (construction) work
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ジャク : 2 words FIND ALL
し ゅ う ち ゃ く 0
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
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きる : 64 words FIND ALL
き も の 0
noun
1. clothing; clothes
2. kimono (or other trad. Japanese clothing)
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きる (read as ぎ) : 62 words FIND ALL
し た ぎ 0
noun
underwear
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つく : 44 words FIND ALL
つ く 1
Most common form: つく
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to arrive at; to reach
2. to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)  (see also: 席に着く)
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An additional つ.ける less common words include 着 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 364 (originally: 343)  Joy o' Kanji : 343  Key to Kanji: 733 

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着
チャク   ジャク   つく to arrive   つける to attach   きる to wear   きせる to make wear   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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