者 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「耂」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「耂」
- On
- シャしゃ · sha
- Kun
- ものmono
- Meaning
- person
Stroke order
Origin
Originally a picture of firewood burning over a fire. Later it was borrowed to mean 'a person who does something'.
Readings and examples
| Onシャしゃsha | 医者いしゃ前者ぜんしゃ第三者だいさんしゃ |
|---|---|
| Kunものmono | 者もの若者わかもの |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 医者いしゃ
doctor
- 作者さくしゃ
author
- 走者そうしゃ
- 打者だしゃ
- 役者やくしゃ
- 働き者はたらきもの
- 勇者ゆうしゃ
- 著者ちょしゃ
Example
病気の とき 医者に 行きます。
When I am sick, I go to the doctor.
Idioms with this kanji
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)