Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun

    formidable person; shrewd person; someone not to be taken lightly; person of no common order

  2. certain person (e.g. whose name cannot be disclosed); someone

  3. that sort of person; that kind of person

    Archaic

Also written さる者【さるもの】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well

Kun
しかしか.りしか.し
On
ゼンネン
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
401 of 2500
Radical
fire
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-8-4SKIP code
4d8.10The Kanji Dictionary
2333.3Four corner code
2540deroo
7136Unicode hex code
1-33-19JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2770Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3435New Nelson (John Haig)
2782New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3456Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1779Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2423Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
241Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
256Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
375A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1788Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
437Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19149Morohashi
528A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
651Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
662Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
450sakade
716Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
557henshall3
592Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
144crowley
401Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1279Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
246Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ran2Pinyin reading
yeonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

someone, person

Kun
もの
On
シャ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
38 of 2500
Radical
old
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-4-4, 2-4-4, 4-8-2SKIP code
4c4.13The Kanji Dictionary
4460.0Four corner code
1478deroo
8005Unicode hex code
1-28-52JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3685Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4698New Nelson (John Haig)
3211New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3980Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2047Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2765Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1256Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1345Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
22A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
769Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
56Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
28852Morohashi
298A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
164Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
164Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
235sakade
240Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
314henshall3
302Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
19crowley
148Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.6busy_people
1578Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1264Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhe3Pinyin reading
jaKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level