者 — kanji meaning “someone”
者
someone, person
- Meanings
- someone, person
- On'yomi
- シャ (sha)
- Kun'yomi
- もの
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #38 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 125
- Chinese reading
- zhě — Chinese character page
Words with 者
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 患者 | かんじゃ kanja | patient |
| 記者 | きしゃ kisha | reporter; journalist |
| 業者 | ぎょうしゃ gyousha | trader; dealer; businessperson |
| 若者 | わかもの wakamono | young person; youngster; young people |
| 学者 | がくしゃ gakusha | scholar; academic; scientist |
| 医者 | いしゃ isha | doctor; physician |
| 作者 | さくしゃ sakusha | creator (of a work); author; writer |
| 読者 | どくしゃ dokusha | reader |
| 死者 | ししゃ shisha | dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead |
| 著者 | ちょしゃ chosha | author (usu. of a particular book); writer |
| 当事者 | とうじしゃ toujisha | person concerned; interested party; related party |
| 両者 | りょうしゃ ryousha | pair; the two; both persons |
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