Today’s #kanji is #他, which is made of its semantic element of #にんべん（亻） and phonetic element of 也, though 他 and 也 don’t share a sound. Apparently 他 and 佗 are the same kanji.
Meaning: other
Reading: タ、ほか*
他国（タコク）: [noun] another country, a strange land
他人（タニン）: [noun] another person, other people; an unrelated person; an outsider
i.g. 赤（あか）の他人（タニン）: [noun] a total stranger
他聞（タブン）: [noun] publicity, reaching other’s ears
i.g. 他聞（タブン）をはばかる: (for information) to be secret and confidential, to be between you and me; (for a person) to fear publicity
他力（タリキ）: [noun] help from without, outside help
他力（タリキ）本願（ホンガン）: (as a metaphor) reliance upon others (for help); (originally) salvation by faith, salvation through the benevolence of Amida Buddha
自他（ジタ）: [noun] oneself and others;, subject and object
利他（リタ）: [noun] altruism
その他（タ/ほか*）: [noun] the others, the rest (I often read 他 as ほか and so do many others but apparently it is not official.)
- にんべん
