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着(F​著) [zhe] (prog.p. suf.) -ing [zháo] 着​急; ​用​不着 [zhuó] touch; 着​重 emphasize [zhāo] ​高着; ​放​置

5 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►zhe ​着[​著] {A} a.m. ①(indicating continuing progress/state, often paired with final ne) ‖ ²Tā shuì∼ ne. 她睡∼呢。 She's sleeping. ②(used for emphasis) ‖ Nǐ kàn∼. 你看∼。 Just take a look. ‖ Tīng∼! 听∼! Listen to me! ③(coverb-forming after some verbs) ‖ wèi∼ 为∼ for; in order to ‖ yán∼ hé 沿∼河 along the river ④(indicating accompanying action or event) ‖ kàn∼ tā shuō 看∼他说 talk while looking at him ◆char. ►zhene 着呢
►zháo ​着[​著] {B} v. ①touch; come in contact with ②feel; be affected by (cold/etc.) ③catch fire ④〈environment:〉 topo. fall asleep ⑤burn ‖ Huǒ ∼ le. 火∼了。 The fire has started to burn. ◆cmp. (indicating) ①(hitting the mark) ‖ Nǐ shuō∼ le. 你说∼了。 You've made the important point. ②(accomplishment in r.v.) ‖ Nǐ cāi∼ le. 你猜∼了。 You've guessed exactly right. ‖ ²Tā shuì∼ le. 她睡∼了。 She's fallen asleep. ‖ ²Tā shuìbu∼. 她睡不∼。 She can't fall asleep.
►²zhāo ​着/​招[​著/-] {C} v.m. (for tricks/devices/moves in chess, martial arts, etc.) ‖ zǒucuò yī̠ ∼ 走错一∼ make a bad move ◆b.f. trick; device; move; method ►zhāor 着儿 ►zhāoshù 招数
►¹zhuó ​着[​著] {D} v./n. put on (clothes); dress; wear (apparel) ►zhuóyī 着衣 ►yīzhuó 衣着 ◆v. ①touch ►zhuólù 着陆 ②apply ►zhuósè 着色 ◆v. 〈environment:〉 wr. send; it is ordered that ... ‖ ∼ rén qù bàn. ∼人去办。 Send sb. to do it.
►³zhāo ​着[​著] {E} v. 〈environment:〉 topo. ①add; put in ‖ Tāng lǐ ∼ diǎn wèijīng. 汤里∼点味精。 Put a little MSG in the soup. ②all right; OK ‖ Zhè huà ∼ wa! 这话∼哇! That sounds fine!


Originally 着 was just a different way of writing the character ​著. Now ​著 is mostly written only for the pronunciation zhù, and 着 is written for the other pronunciations; but sometimes ​著 is still used rather than 着 among full form characters, regardless of the pronunciation.
    着 seems to have more pronunciations and meanings than any other Chinese character (except perhaps for ​和). Don’t be discouraged. Even native Chinese speakers can’t always get it straight, especially the distinction between 着 zháo and 着 zhuó. For example, a friend of mine says 着​陆 as zháolù though the dictionaries say zhuólù. The dictionaries disagree on whether 着 in ​不着​边​际 (‘not to the point’) should be zháo or zhuó. On the other hand, the distinction between 着 zhe and 着 zháo really is important.
►references: Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:5.3129.9; Mathews:1258; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:204.1.02
►components: ​丷​羊​目
►Cantonese: jau\ jau/ jeuhk-
►stroke 着 (... strokes)   
►list characters containing 着 as a component
►list words containing 着 (most common words first)
Unicode: U+7740
►web links for ‘着’
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