者 – someone, person

8 strokesTaught in grade 3#38 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 者 means someone, person. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シャ (sha); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is もの (mono). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 老 (no. 125).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シャ	sha
Kun’yomi	もの	mono

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 老 (Kangxi radical 125). Components: 日・老.

Words using 者

医者いしゃdoctor歯医者はいしゃdentist者ものperson学者がくしゃscholar患者かんじゃpatient記者きしゃreporter後者こうしゃthe latter前者ぜんしゃthe former著者ちょしゃauthor (usu. of a particular book)作者さくしゃcreator (of a work)筆者ひっしゃwriter役者やくしゃactor者しゃperson業者ぎょうしゃtrader信者しんじゃbeliever達者たっしゃin good health悪者わるものbad guy配偶者はいぐうしゃspouse

Example sentences

医者は彼の折れた足をついだ。

The doctor set his broken leg.

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今日歯医者へ行きました。

Today I went to the dentist's.

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じっくり彼に耳を貸す者はいない。

No one stops to listen to him.

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Kanji with the same radical

考老

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