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者 もの 患者(かんじゃ): (a) patient記者(きしゃ): reporter業者(ぎょうしゃ): (1) trader; merchant (2) manufacturer; contractor学者(がくしゃ): scholar著者(ちょしゃ): author (usu. of a particular book, etc.); writer読者(どくしゃ): reader医者(いしゃ): (medical) doctor; physician作者(さくしゃ): author; authoress役者(やくしゃ): actor; actress後者(こうしゃ): the latter配偶者(はいぐうしゃ): spouse; wife; husband; partner信者(しんじゃ): believer; adherent; devotee筆者(ひっしゃ): writer (often in self-reference); author前者(ぜんしゃ): the former悪者(わるもの): bad fellow; rascal; ruffian; scoundrel歯医者(はいしゃ): dentist達者(たっしゃ): (1) in good health; healthy; well; robust; strong (2) skilled; clever; proficient者(もの): person (rarely used w.o. a qualifier)者(しゃ): someone of that nature; someone doing that work 3 老: old man; old age; grow old日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 老 6 者 someone Back in the day, the old man used to be someone. His name was in the papers and all that. I use CHUCKY from the movie Child´s Play as my major alternate meaning for this primitive.

Accepted Answer

シャ someone, person 4 38 8 125 おい・おいかんむり・おいがしら 会意 Compound Ideographic I find the best way of memorizing this kanji is in conjunction with the Japanese compound for ninja: 忍者 -- i.e. someone who endures (see FRAME 597 for the kanji 忍). A 忍者 is not just a 身 (somebody), it´s 者 who can 忍 great 拷!

Kanji	者
Onyomi	シャ
Kunyomi	もの
English	someone, person
Examples	患者(かんじゃ): (a) patient 記者(きしゃ): reporter 業者(ぎょうしゃ): (1) trader; merchant (2) manufacturer; contractor 学者(がくしゃ): scholar 著者(ちょしゃ): author (usu. of a particular book, etc.); writer 読者(どくしゃ): reader 医者(いしゃ): (medical) doctor; physician 作者(さくしゃ): author; authoress 役者(やくしゃ): actor; actress 後者(こうしゃ): the latter 配偶者(はいぐうしゃ): spouse; wife; husband; partner 信者(しんじゃ): believer; adherent; devotee 筆者(ひっしゃ): writer (often in self-reference); author 前者(ぜんしゃ): the former 悪者(わるもの): bad fellow; rascal; ruffian; scoundrel 歯医者(はいしゃ): dentist 達者(たっしゃ): (1) in good health; healthy; well; robust; strong (2) skilled; clever; proficient 者(もの): person (rarely used w.o. a qualifier) 者(しゃ): someone of that nature; someone doing that work
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	38
Components	老: old man; old age; grow old 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days
Number of Strokes	8
Kanji Radical	老
Radical Number	125
Radical Strokes	6
Radical Reading	おい・おいかんむり・おいがしら
Traditional Form	者
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	someone
Koohii Story 1	I find the best way of memorizing this kanji is in conjunction with the Japanese compound for ninja: 忍者 -- i.e. someone who endures (see FRAME 597 for the kanji 忍). A 忍者 is not just a 身 (somebody), it´s 者 who can 忍 great 拷!
Koohii Story 2	Back in the day, the old man used to be someone. His name was in the papers and all that. I use CHUCKY from the movie Child´s Play as my major alternate meaning for this primitive.

者 Person Author Writer Compound I Kanji 忍者