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者

Someone
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingシャ
Kun readingもの
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 3Level 8

Meanings

  1. someoneRtK
  2. person

Homonyms

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Same reading (もの)
物 · thing

Popular Usage

医者歯医者学者患者記者後者前者作者業者

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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puppet · sooty · old man · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1345

Compound words

医者いしゃ
doctor; physician
歯医者はいしゃ
dentist
学者がくしゃ
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
患者かんじゃ
patient
記者きしゃ
reporter; journalist
後者こうしゃ
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
前者ぜんしゃ
the former; the first
作者さくしゃ
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer
巧者こうしゃ
cleverness; skill; tact; clever person (in a particular field); skillful person (skilful)
奏者そうしゃ
instrumentalist; player
指揮者しきしゃ
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
業者ぎょうしゃ
trader; dealer; businessperson; company; vendor
悪者わるもの
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
王者おうじゃ
king; monarch; ruler; champion
何者なにもの
who; what kind of person
芸者げいしゃ
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
使者ししゃ
messenger; envoy; emissary
死者ししゃ
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
識者しきしゃ
well-informed person; thinking person; intelligent person
若者わかもの
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
弱者じゃくしゃ
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
傷者しょうしゃ
wounded person; casualty; injured person
勝者しょうしゃ
winner; victor
信者しんじゃ
believer; adherent; devotee; follower; fanboy

On Reading Examples

彼は文学者である。しゃ
He is a man of letters.tatoeba
彼は彼の時代の有名な文学者の一人だった。しゃ
He was one of the famous men of letters in his era.tatoeba
彼は常に強者に対抗して弱者を味方にした。きょうしゃ
He was always on the side of the weak against the strong.tatoeba
彼は襲撃者を格闘して地面に倒した。しゃ
He wrestled his attacker to the ground.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

彼は大学を出たばかりで、その仕事に初めての者を集めた。もの
He gathered men fresh from college and new to the business.tatoeba
彼は大尉以上の者を全員招集した。もの
He called together everyone who was a captain and above.tatoeba
彼は他の者みんなを合わせたよりもたくさんの本を持っている。もの
He's got more books than all the others put together.tatoeba
彼は親類の者と意見が合わない。もの
He disagrees with his relatives.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は文学者である。
He is a man of letters.tatoeba
彼は物理学者だ。
He is a physicist.tatoeba
彼は風邪で医者にかかっている。
He is under the care of the doctor with a cold.tatoeba
彼は父が偉大な科学者だった事を誇りにしている。
He is proud that his father was a great scientist.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Person (who does). 耂 + 日 — in words it means 'one who…': 医者 doctor, 記者 reporter.

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