Kanji 者: "someone, person"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 者

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 者ものperson
• 者しゃperson; -er · expert; geisha; prostitute
• 何なに者ものwho; what kind of person
• 医い者しゃdoctor; physician
• 若わか者ものyoung person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
• 関かん係けい者しゃperson concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
• 被ひ害がい者しゃvictim; injured party; sufferer
• 患かん者じゃpatient
• 死し者しゃdead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
• 両りょう者しゃpair; the two; both persons; both things
• 犯はん罪ざい者しゃcriminal; culprit
• 他た者しゃanother person; others

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