者 · someone, person

JLPT N4 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.

者 means someone, person. It is a JLPT N4 kanji written in 8 strokes, read もの or しゃ. It is built from 2 parts: 耂 (variant of radical 125), 日 (day, sun). It appears in 医者 (doctor) and 歯医者 (dentist).

筆順 · Stroke order

者 is written in 8 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.

解字 · What it is made of

者 breaks into 2 parts.

• 耂 semantic variant of radical 125 · tare carries the meaning
• 日 other day, sun · tarec component

Words that use 者

Word	Reading	Meaning
医者	いしゃ	doctor
歯医者	はいしゃ	dentist
作者	さくしゃ	author / artist

Built from the same parts

These use 耂 or 日 too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.

• 考to think
• 時time
• 曜day of week
• 書to write
• 明bright
• 映to reflect
• 早early
• 春springtime

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