Kanji N3

他: other, another, the others

他 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning other, another, the others, written with 5 strokes. It is read タ (on) and ほか (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 他 (た, other) and 他人 (たにん, another person).

他

Meanings

  • other
  • another
  • the others
Strokes5
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#543 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • タ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ほか

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 他

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 他た

    other (esp. people and abstract matters)

    JLPT N3
  • 他人たにん

    another person; other people; others

    JLPT N3
  • 他方たほう

    one (esp. of two); the other; one way

    JLPT N1
  • その他そのほか

    the rest; the others

    JLPT N2
  • 他意たい

    other intention; hidden purpose; ulterior motive

    JLPT N1
  • 他動詞たどうし

    transitive verb

    JLPT N1
  • 他国たこく

    foreign country; another country

  • 他社たしゃ

    another company; other company

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.