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Kanji 者: meaning "person (suffix)", readings, stroke order

The kanji 者 means "person (suffix)". On'yomi: シャ; kun'yomi: もの. JLPT N3 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
person (suffix)
On'yomi
シャ
Kun'yomi
もの
Strokes
8
Level
JLPT N3
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
者 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 者

  • 医者 いしゃ — doctor; physician
  • 歯医者 はいしゃ — dentist
  • 学者 がくしゃ — scholar
  • 患者 かんじゃ — patient
  • 記者 きしゃ — reporter
  • 後者 こうしゃ — the latter
  • 者 もの — person (same as 人 (ひと))
  • 前者 ぜんしゃ — the former
  • 著者 ちょしゃ — author, writer
  • ～者 ～しゃ — person
  • 作者 さくしゃ — author, artist
  • 筆者 ひっしゃ — writer, author

Stroke order · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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