Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 也 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
他
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
他
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
他
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
他
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
他
Regular
Modern
Chinese
他 [tā]
he or him; (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); other; another
Japanese
noun
- another place; some other place; somewhere else; outside
- another (person or thing); other; different; something else; someone else; the rest; et al.
- beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside (esp. 外)
- except; but; other than; apart from (with neg. sentence; as ...ほかに...ない, ...するほかない, etc.)
- besides; in addition to; as well as; on top of (as ...のほか（に）, ...するほか（に）etc.)
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (104)
他们 [tāmen] #34
they
他们 [tāmen] #34
they
其他 [qítā] #263
other
他妈的 [tāmāde] #382
(taboo curse) damn it!
他妈的 [tāmāde] #382
(taboo curse) damn it!
他人 [tārén] #2,741
another
吉他 [jítā] #3,100
guitar (loanword)
维他命 [wéitāmìng] #12,800
vitamin (loanword)
维他命 [wéitāmìng] #12,800
vitamin (loanword)
他国 [tāguó] #35,530
another country
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JAPANESE WORDS (182)
⭐ 他人 [たにん] #942
another person
⭐ 他に [ほかに] #952
else
⭐ 他にも [ほかにも] #2,089
furthermore
⭐ その他 [そのほか] #2,911
the rest
⭐ 他国 [たこく] #5,261
foreign country
⭐ 他者 [たしゃ] #5,445
another person
他ならない [ほかならない] #9,169
nothing but
他ならぬ [ほかならぬ] #11,211
nothing but
思いのほか [おもいのほか] #11,600
unexpectedly
他でもない [ほかでもない] #12,371
nothing but (this)
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KOREAN WORDS (18)
기타 #5,845
etc.; and so on; and such
타지 #9,475
other areas; other regions
배타
exclusion; marginalization; alienation
배타적
being exclusive; being closed
배타주의
exclusivism
이타
altruism; selflessness
이타주의
altruism
자타
one and others
타계
another world; the other world
타교
other schools; another school
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