What 著 means
It is a Japanese old-form variant of 著. Japanese uses 著 in words for writing or publishing, such as 著者 (“author”), and for something striking or remarkable, as in 著しい (“remarkable”).
JIS X 0213:2000 assigns 著 to J3-7B27. Unicode retains this Japanese source form so conversion to and from that standard can preserve the original character.
When should I use 著?
For new Japanese text, use 著. Keep 著 when reproducing a source or a legacy conversion whose exact JIS character must survive. It preserves a source form, not a separate modern meaning.
Unicode normalization, a process that makes text forms consistent, can fold 著 to 著. Fonts can also draw them so similarly that a screenshot alone cannot tell which character is present.
This is a source-fidelity choice in Japanese text, not a new meaning.
If the source form matters, normalization to 著 removes the distinction.
Who writes 著
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
2Why does 著 become 著?
Normalization can do that: 著 has a canonical mapping to 著, so a Unicode normalization pass can replace the separate source form.
Can a font make 著 look like 著?
Yes. The code points are distinct, but a font supplies the drawn glyph; inspect the character value when the source form matters.
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How to type or find 著
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- old form of 著 · Japanese old-style kanji · JIS X 0213 · 著 vs 著
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
著\FA5FCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.