The kanji 彼 generally means "he," "him," "that," or "that person." It refers to someone or something that is distant from the speaker. It often implies a person or object that is not the speaker, the listener, or something directly related to them. This can also include "boyfriend" or "lover".

・On-yomi (音読み): hi ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): kare

⚫︎ 彼彼はとても親切です。 Translation: He is very kind. ⚫︎ 彼彼の車は赤い。 Translation: His car is red. ⚫︎ あの彼は誰ですか？ Translation: Who is that person over there?

The kanji 彼 is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), a phono-semantic compound. The left side is a radical 彳 (gyōnyō), which is the "step" radical. It represents movement or walking. The right side is 皮 (kawa), meaning "skin" or "hide," which has the phonetic component. The original meaning might have been related to a "walking person" or "the one over there," indicating a person at a distance. Over time, it evolved to mean "he" or "that person."