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彼 かれ、かの、か.の he, that, the 3 648 8 60 ぎょうにんべん 仮借 Loan What´s the main difference between a he and a she? The he has a column covered in a pelt... a penis. Badum-ching. 883

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ヒ その 彼ら(かれら): they (usually male); them彼女(かのじょ): (1) she; her (2) her (3) girl friend; girlfriend; sweetheart彼方此方(あちらこちら): (1) here and there (2) to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up彼方(あちら): (1) that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener); over there; yonder (2) that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener); that (3) that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener) (4) there (place distant from both speaker and listener); over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation)彼方(かなた): beyond; across; the other side; the distance彼処(あそこ): (1) there (place physically distant from both speaker and listener); over there; that place; yonder (2) genitals (3) that far (something psychologically distant from both speaker and listener); that much; that point彼の(あの): that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)彼(あれ): (1) that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly) (2) that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors) (3) over there (4) down there (i.e. one's genitals) (5) period; menses (6) hey (expression of surprise or suspicion); eh? (7) that (something mentioned before which is distant psychologically or in terms of time)彼(かれ): (1) he; him (2) his (3) boyfriend彼此(あれこれ): (1) one thing or another; this and that; this or that (2) just on; nearly; roughly; almost; round about S 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60)皮: pelt; skin; hide; leather; skin radical (no. 107) 彳 3 (none) he The ultimate he-man is the Neanderthal cave man. His club is as big as a pillar (column), and he wears a ragged pelt as his only clothing. To remember the column, imagine the cave man resting the club vertically like a column when not in use.

Kanji	彼
Onyomi	ヒ
Kunyomi	かれ、かの、か.の
Nanori	その
English	he, that, the
Examples	彼ら(かれら): they (usually male); them 彼女(かのじょ): (1) she; her (2) her (3) girl friend; girlfriend; sweetheart 彼方此方(あちらこちら): (1) here and there (2) to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up 彼方(あちら): (1) that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener); over there; yonder (2) that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener); that (3) that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener) (4) there (place distant from both speaker and listener); over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation) 彼方(かなた): beyond; across; the other side; the distance 彼処(あそこ): (1) there (place physically distant from both speaker and listener); over there; that place; yonder (2) genitals (3) that far (something psychologically distant from both speaker and listener); that much; that point 彼の(あの): that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener) 彼(あれ): (1) that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly) (2) that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors) (3) over there (4) down there (i.e. one's genitals) (5) period; menses (6) hey (expression of surprise or suspicion); eh? (7) that (something mentioned before which is distant psychologically or in terms of time) 彼(かれ): (1) he; him (2) his (3) boyfriend 彼此(あれこれ): (1) one thing or another; this and that; this or that (2) just on; nearly; roughly; almost; round about
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	648
Components	彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 皮: pelt; skin; hide; leather; skin radical (no. 107)
Number of Strokes	8
Kanji Radical	彳
Radical Number	60
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	ぎょうにんべん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	仮借 Loan
Keyword	he
Koohii Story 1	What´s the main difference between a he and a she? The he has a column covered in a pelt... a penis. Badum-ching.
Koohii Story 2	The ultimate he-man is the Neanderthal cave man. His club is as big as a pillar (column), and he wears a ragged pelt as his only clothing. To remember the column, imagine the cave man resting the club vertically like a column when not in use.
RTK Index	883

Speaker Distant Listener Physically Yonder Person Place Psychologically