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Kanji Detail for 者 - "person"
者
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Meaning
者 means "person." Also associated with particle.
Person - One who; someone specific.
Temporal particle - Added to time words.
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Words using 者
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患者
かんじゃ
patient
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業者
ぎょうしゃ
trader; dealer; businessperson
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記者
きしゃ
reporter; journalist
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容疑者
ようぎしゃ
suspect
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関係者
かんけいしゃ
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned
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若者
わかもの
young person; youngster; young people
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労働者
ろうどうしゃ
worker; (manual) laborer; labourer
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消費者
しょうひしゃ
consumer (of a product, service, etc.); customer; (end) user
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患者
かんじゃ
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Four-character idioms with 者
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二者択一
にしゃたくいつ
choosing between two things; two choices
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武者修行
むしゃしゅぎょう
traveling about to gain skill in combat (travelling)
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三者三様
さんしゃさんよう
everybody is different; to each their own; three different people, three different styles
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三者鼎立
さんしゃていりつ
three parties (forces) opposing one another; three-cornered contest
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二者選一
にしゃせんいつ
choosing between two things; two choices
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会者定離
えしゃじょうり
those who meet must part (suggesting the transient nature of this life); we meet only to part
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二者択一
にしゃたくいつ
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Tattoo check: 者
- Verified meaning: person
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Also carries these associations: particle
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
person
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Related Keywords
Sentences including 者
I made my son a doctor.
He went so far as to say that i was coward.
The family love one another.
He is not a patient but a doctor in this hospital.
I met a famous scholar at the airport yesterday.
The trouble with him is that he is lazy.
Please call in a doctor.
He is not a teacher but a doctor.
We had better call the doctor.
I must pay a visit to the doctor.