The kanji 彼: meaning, readings and stroke order

彼

Meaning: he, that side
On reading: ヒ hi
Kun reading: かれ kare、かの* kano
Strokes: 8
Radical: 彳 step
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: anh ấy, bên kia (bỉ)
Japanese: かれ。あのひと。むこうがわ。
Korean: 그, 저쪽 (피)
Chinese: 他、那边

Readings, words and example sentences

ヒ hi · on reading · less common

彼ひ岸がん
Higan (the week around the equinox)
彼ひ岸がんに墓参りをします。
During Higan, we visit our family graves.

かれ kare · kun reading

彼かれ
he, him
彼かれはわたしの古い友だちです。
He is an old friend of mine.

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.