他 – other, another, the others

5 strokesTaught in grade 3#543 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 他 means other, another, the others. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is タ (ta); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ほか (hoka). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	タ	ta
Kun’yomi	ほか	hoka

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: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・也.

Words using 他

他たother (esp. people and abstract matters)他ほかanother place他人たにんanother personその他そのほかthe rest他方たほうone (esp. of two)他動詞たどうしtransitive verb

Example sentences

彼女はもっと他人の言うことを聞くべきだ。

She should listen more to other people.

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何本か花がある。一本は赤、もう一本は白で、その他は黄だ。

There are several flowers. One is red, another is white, and the others are yellow.

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私はその他の計画を思い付かない。

I can't think of any other plan.

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Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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