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notable / author

N1
Onyomi
Kunyomi
Stroke count
11
JLPT
N1

Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.

Memory tip

A flat illustration of young plants pushing up out of the soil beside a garden label, with the kanji 著 ("notable") drawn into the picture.

Break 著 down and you get 艹 (grass / plant) — two shoots pushing up through the soil, and beside it 者 (person doing it) — someone standing over their work. Picture young plants pushing up out of the soil beside a garden label, put 著 inside it, and let that scene stand for "notable" — notable / author. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.

Stroke Order

Stroke count: 11

General writing tips

These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.

  • •Write from top to bottom.
  • •Write from left to right.
  • •Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
  • •Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
  • •In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
  • •This kanji has 11 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.

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Practice Writing

Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.

Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.

Writing Tips

  • Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
  • Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
  • Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
  • Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.

Example words

kencho

remarkable

ichijirushii

remarkable

kenchona

attributive: remarkable (before a noun)

kenchodesu

polite: is remarkable

ichijirushiidesu

polite: is remarkable

ichijirushikunaidesu

polite negative: is not remarkable

Example sentences (5)

taisaku no kouka ga kencho ni arawaremashita.

The effect of the measures showed up markedly.

wakai sedai hodo, hatarakikata ni taisuru ishiki no henka ga kencho desu.

The younger the generation, the more striking the shift in attitudes to work.

kono ichinen de ichijirushii seichou ga miraremashita.

Remarkable growth was seen over this past year.

taisaku o totta ato, jiko no kazu wa ichijirushiku genshou shimashita.

After measures were taken, the number of accidents fell markedly.

chosakuken no shingai wa houritsu ihan desu.

Copyright infringement is against the law.