Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N4

38 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: someone, person

Kunyomi: もの

Onyomi: シャ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: おいかんむり

Meaning: old

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

(いしゃ)   doctor (medical)

(がくしゃ)   scholar

(じゃくしゃ)   the weak

(どくしゃ)   reader

(ちょしゃ)   author

(きしゃ)   reporter

科学(かがくしゃ)   scientist

(ぜんしゃ)   the former

(ししゃ)   the deceased

(もの)   person

(わかもの)   youth

怠け(なまけもの)   lazy person

Onyomi Examples

シャ person, -er, expert, geisha, prostitute

ゲイシャ geisha, professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets

加害 カガイシャ assailant, perpetrator, wrong-doer, aggressor

Kunyomi Examples

もの person

ども ものども you, people

弱き よわきもの weak person, the weak

若い わかいもの young man, young woman, young people, youth, youngsters, young employee, young manservant, young follower