English: someone person	On-Yomi: シャ	Kun-Yomi: もの

Bushu (Radical) Info:
老 (ロウ, お.いる, ふ.ける, えび, おい, び) – old man; old age; grow old
考 (コウ, かんが,.える, かんが,.え, たか) – consider; think over

Henshall Mnemonic: person will be buried in ground one day

Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #38 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

• 医者   [いしゃ]
  (n) doctor (medical)   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N4 Words

• 歯医者   [はいしゃ]
  (n) dentist   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 後者   [こうしゃ]
  (n) the latter   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 学者   [がくしゃ]
  (n) scholar   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 患者   [かんじゃ]
  (n) a patient   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 前者   [ぜんしゃ]
  (n) the former   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 者   [もの]
  (n) person   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 著者   [ちょしゃ]
  (n) author; writer   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 記者   [きしゃ]
  (n) reporter   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 筆者   [ひっしゃ]
  (n) writer; author   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 作者   [さくしゃ]
  (n) author; authoress   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 役者   [やくしゃ]
  (n) actor; actress   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 配偶者   [はいぐうしゃ]
  (n) spouse; wife; husband   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 達者   [たっしゃ]
  (adj-na,n) skillful; in good health   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 読者   [どくしゃ]
  (n) reader   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 業者   [ぎょうしゃ]
  (n) trader; merchant   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 信者   [しんじゃ]
  (n) believer; adherent; devotee; Christian   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 悪者   [わるもの]
  (n) bad fellow; rascal; ruffian; scoundrel   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 浮浪者   [ふろうしゃ]
  (n) vagrant   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 三者   [さんしゃ]
  (n) three persons; three parties   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 障害者   [しょうがいしゃ]
  (n) (physically) handicapped person; disabled person   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 指揮者   [しきしゃ]
  (n) (musical) conductor   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 高齢者   [こうれいしゃ]
  (n) old person or people   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 使者   [ししゃ]
  (n) messenger; envoy; emissary   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 編者   [へんしゃ]
  (n) (abbr) editor; compiler   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• お医者さん   [おいしゃさん]
  doctor (polite)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 走者   [そうしゃ]
  (n) runner   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 編集者   [へんしゅうしゃ]
  editor (in publishing, etc.)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 芸者   [げいしゃ]
  (n) geisha; Japanese singing and dancing girl   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 有力者   [ゆうりょくしゃ]
  (n) influential person; man of importance   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 覇者   [はしゃ]
  (n) supreme ruler; champion; titleholder   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 出席者   [しゅっせきしゃ]
  those present; attendance   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 富者   [ふしゃ]
  (n) rich person; millionaire; the wealthy   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 怠け者   [なまけもの]
  (n) lazy person; lazy fellow; sloth   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 選者   [せんじゃ]
  (n) judge; selector   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 保護者   [ほごしゃ]
  (n) guardian; protector; patron   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 居住者   [きょじゅうしゃ]
  resident; inhabitant   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 加害者   [かがいしゃ]
  (n) assailant   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 提供者   [ていきょうしゃ]
  (n) (blood) donor   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 消費者   [しょうひしゃ]
  (n) consumer   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 使用者   [しようしゃ]
  (n) (1) user; consumer; (2) employer   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 死者   [ししゃ]
  (n) casualty; deceased   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 論者   [ろんしゃ]
  (n) advocate   [K] [D] [Jisho]

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Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.