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Kanji Detail for 他 - "other, else, third person pronoun"

他

  • Meaning

    他 means "other, else, third person pronoun."

    1. Other - Something different; another thing.

    2. Else - Someone or something apart from oneself.

    3. Third person pronoun - He; she; they.

  • Words using 他

    • 他人 たにん Listen another person; other people; others
    • 他国 たこく Listen foreign country; another country; another province
    • 他社 たしゃ Listen another company; other company
    • 他方 たほう Listen one (esp. of two); the other; one way
    • 他派 たは Listen the other group
    • 排他 はいた Listen exclusion
    • 他殺 たさつ Listen murder
    • 自他 じた Listen oneself and others; subject and object; transitivity

  • Four-character idioms with 他

    • 他人行儀 たにんぎょうぎ Listen standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger
    • 他力本願 たりきほんがん Listen salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others
    • 他言無用 たごんむよう Listen not a word to anyone; keep it secret; mum's the word

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    • Verified meaning: other, else, third person pronoun
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    other; another; the others

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    other, another; he, she, it

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    other, another; he, she, it

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    That; those. Everything different from this is called 他. Such as 他人 (others), 他處 (elsewhere), 他事 (other matters). | A different heart. (Book of Odes) "Until death, I swear there will be no other." Meaning swearing unto death to be faithful.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ta(タ) タ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hoka(ほか) ほか

  • Strokes

    tip

    5 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    other else third person pronoun he she they different additional alternative apart distinct diverse extra further more separate another

Sentences including 他

  • Don't look down on others.

  • Don't say bad things about others.

  • You must not speak ill of others behind their backs.

  • Don't be shy in the company of others.

  • He has little feeling for others.

  • He told me to be kind to others.

  • Will there be anything else?

  • I found it difficult to be kind to others.

  • I have no other true friend than you.

  • Never speak ill of others.

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