a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; a
HSK 3.1 level 1
11 strokes
Etymology
Simplified form of 著. 艹 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "chopsticks", now written as 箸. The modern meanings are phonetic loans.
Original meaning
chopsticks
Components
艹(meaning, simplified) — Alludes to bamboo chopsticks. 艹 and ⺮ (bamboo) were often used interchangeably with each other because of their visual and semantic similarity.