同どう氏し

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Meanings

the said person; the same person; he/she

Formal, written-style noun used in news reports and official documents to refer back to a previously mentioned person without repeating their name. Gender-neutral; context determines whether it translates as 'he' or 'she'.

同どう氏しは記き者しゃ会かい見けんで新しん方ほう針しんを発はっ表ぴょうした。
The said person announced the new policy at the press conference.

noun

same surname

Rare, literal reading of the kanji; almost never used in modern Japanese outside of metalinguistic explanations or wordplay.

「同どう氏し」を文も字じ通どおりに解かい釈しゃくすると「同おなじ氏し」という意い味みになるが、現げん代だい語ごではまず使つかわれない。
Taken literally, 同氏 means 'same surname', but it is almost never used that way in modern Japanese.

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Usage patterns

同どう氏しは〈事こと〉と述のべたthe said person stated that ~
同どう氏しは今こん後ごも研けん究きゅうを続つづけると述のべた。
He stated that he would continue his research.
同どう氏しによると、〈事こと〉according to the said person, ~
同どう氏しによると、来らい年ねん新あたらしい製せい品ひんが発はつ売ばいされる予よ定ていだ。
According to him, a new product is scheduled to be released next year.
同どう氏しらthe said person and others (in his/her group)
同どう氏しらは記き者しゃ会かい見けんで説せつ明めいした。
He and his colleagues explained the matter at a press conference.

Kanji

同same, agree, equal
氏family name, surname, clan

Related words

彼かれN5sense 1
同氏 is the formal, written journalistic way to refer back to a named person, while 彼 is the everyday plain word for 'he'.
本ほん人にんN3sense 1
同氏 simply refers back to a previously named person in formal writing, while 本人 stresses 'the person in question themselves' as opposed to someone else acting on their behalf.

Don't confuse with

同どう人じん sense 1
同氏 is the standard formal term for referring back to a previously named person, while 同人 can technically mean 'the same person' but today almost always means 'like-minded people' or 'doujin' circles.
同どう社しゃ sense 1
同氏 refers back to a previously mentioned person, whereas 同社 refers back to a previously mentioned company.
同どう国こく sense 1
同氏 points back to a person already named, while 同国 points back to a country already named.

Etymology

Compound of 同 (same) and 氏 (honorific suffix for a person, originally meaning 'clan' or 'family name'). The modern sense 'the said person' developed from formal written conventions.