彼 – he, that, the

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#648 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 彼 means he, that, the. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヒ (hi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かれ、かの、か.の (kare, kano, kano). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 彳 (no. 60).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヒ	hi
Kun’yomi	かれ	kare
Kun’yomi	かの	kano
Kun’yomi	か.の	kano

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: 彳 (Kangxi radical 60). Components: 皮・又・彳.

Words using 彼

彼かれhe 彼らかれらthey彼女かのじょshe

Example sentences

彼のスイングは実に見事だ。

He has a perfect swing.

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毎朝朝食をとっている間、彼の犬は彼をじっと見つめていた。

His dog stared at him every morning while he had his breakfast.

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私の前の彼はポルトガル育ちでした。

My ex-boyfriend was brought up in Portugal.

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Kanji with the same radical

後得役待復従徒徴徹律御徳微往径徐

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.