者 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. ～するもの、～する人。
2. （語末に置いて主語を示す助辞）～は。
3. 名詞の語尾につけて強調する。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

原字（楷書で「耂」と書かれる部分）は「木」に類似した形を持つ象形文字であるが由来は不明で、様々な説が存在するが定説はない。のち羨符「口」（楷書では「日」）を加えて「者」の字体となる。仮借して助詞の｛者｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

someone, person

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• シャElem.

Kun (native)

• ものElem.

Other languages

• 拼音zhe3
• 한글ja
• Hán-ViệtGiả

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

infoBasics

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

老(おいかんむり)

JIS level

Level 1

JLPT (old scale)

Level 3

Unicode

U+8005

grid_viewComponents

• 日ひ
• 耂おいかんむり

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱耂日

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 者もの（もの）（動作の主体となる）。person
• 者しゃ（もの）（動作の主体となる）。person, -er, expert, geisha
• 者どもものどもyou, people

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 考One part differs
• 老One part differs
• 孝One part differs
• 耇One part differs
• 耊One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

compare_arrowsVariants

• 者Traditional form

infoLookup codes

SKIP

3-4-4

Four Corner

4460.0

Spahn–Hadamitzky

4c4.13

Heisig

1345

Nelson

3685