HSK 3.0 · LEVEL 4
著名
Famous, well-known, celebrated
Free Chinese vocabulary flashcard · HSK 4
Why does 著名 look like this?
著 (zhù) means 'to manifest' or 'write' (grass radical 艹 + phonetic 者), and 名 (míng) means 'name' (mouth 口 + evening 夕). Together, they represent someone whose name is manifested or displayed everywhere.