Kanji 他

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: ほか

画数かくすう: 5

部首ぶしゅ: にんべん(亻)

Meaning

Other / Another

  • 他人たにん — other people / strangers
  • 他方たほう — the other side
  • その — the others
  • 他国たこく — foreign country
  • 他界たかい — passing away
  • 他所よそ — somewhere else

The kanji 他 combines the radical 亻 (person) with 也 (phonetic). It originally suggested "a person who is different" — later broadening to mean "other" or "another." It’s common in compound words involving contrast, distinction, or separation.

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