# 者 — Someone

Frequency rank 12 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

You will meet this constantly in published Japanese — newspapers, books, signs, and dates.

More common than 上 (Above), less common than 見 (See).

- On’yomi: しゃ
- Kun’yomi: もの
- Radical: 老 Old (Kangxi 125)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX
- School grade: 3
- Strokes: 8

An old man limps down the street clutching his bleeding shin.

In words:

- 者 もの — person
- 医者 いしゃ — medical doctor
- 後者 こうしゃ — the latter

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