Onyomi: タ · Kunyomi: ほか · Meanings: another, other, the others
Kanji for another, other, the others
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他 is formed from the person radical 亻 on the left and 也 on the right. The person radical represents a human, while 也 adds the sense of “another” or “different.” Together, they express the idea of another person. From this, 他 came to mean he, him, or another person.
他 shows another person, meaning he, him, or someone else.
他 is used when referring to another person. Remember 他 as a person who is someone other than yourself.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 他 | ほか | another place, some other place, somewhere else, outside | common JLPT-N3 JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 他 | た | other (esp. people and abstract matters) | common JLPT-N3 Adverb (fukushi), Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 他人 | たにん | another person, other people, others | common JLPT-N3 JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 余所 | よそ | another place, somewhere else, strange parts | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 他方 | たほう | one (esp. of two), the other, one way, the other way, one direction, the other direction, one side, the other side, one party, the other party | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 他動詞 | たどうし | transitive verb | JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 他社 | たしゃ | another company, other company | common Noun |
| 他国 | たこく | foreign country, another country | common Noun |
| 他に | ほかに | else, in addition, besides | common Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Adverb (fukushi) |
| 他者 | たしゃ | another person, others | common Noun |