～著

～ちょ · ～cho · JLPT N1 · noun

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📖 著 = write, so ～著 means the name before it wrote it (著者 = writer-person)

著 is the kanji for writing. 著者 (ちょしゃ) means author, a person who writes. A name followed by 著 marks who wrote the book, e.g. 夏目漱石著 (by Natsume Soseki).

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