他 — other, another, the others

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi

• た ta

Kun'yomi

• ほか hoka

Words that use 他

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

• 他 ほか another place JLPT N5
• 他 た other (esp. people and abstract matters) JLPT N3
• 他人 たにん another person JLPT N3
• その他 そのほか the rest JLPT N2
• 他動詞 たどうし transitive verb JLPT N1
• 他方 たほう one (esp. of two) JLPT N1