他 — other, another, the others

ほか他 other

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 5 strokes

U+4ED6 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #543 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1034 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

other
another
the others

word

ほか hoka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

他(ほか) hoka other

た ta On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

その他(た) sonota others 他(た) 人(にん) tanin other person 他(た) 者(しゃ) tasha another person 他(た) 方(ほう) tahou the other side 他(た) 社(しゃ) tasha another company 他(た) 国(こく) takoku foreign country 他(た) の tano other 排(はい) 他(た) haita exclusion

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

他人事(ひとごと) hitogoto other people's affair

Appears in idioms

他力本願四字熟語

other, power, book, petition

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

亻 person (left form)

也 to be

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