他 Home·Characters·他 Character · Qualities 他 たにん tanin other Composition 12345 亻person也to be, also Origin 亻 gives the sense of person, 也 the sound: the other, someone else. In the thoughts 他人taninstranger Proverbs carrying this character 039 遠くの親戚より近くの他人 A close neighbor beats a distant relative. Related characters 不not, negation乏lack, scarcity也to be, also事matter, affair以by means of位rank, position何what, which健sturdy, healthy元origin, beginning公public