その他

そのほか · sonohoka · JLPT N2 · expression

besides

その他 = その (that) + 他 (other), so it means 'that other' = besides

Read it as 'that' plus 'other.' 他 (ta) alone means 'other,' and その adds a pointing sense, giving 'besides' or 'and so on' in lists.

他 — person radical 亻 + 也
Originally written 它, depicting a snake, and used as a general third-person pronoun. The person radical 亻 was later added to specify a human referent, while 也 serves as the phonetic component giving the sound tā.

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