彼 (かれ) Japanese meaning

彼 (かれ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

Kanji

彼かれ氏しN3sense 2
彼氏 is the common, unambiguous word for 'boyfriend', while 彼 used this way is casual and can be mistaken for the plain pronoun 'he'.
同どう氏し
同氏 is the formal, written journalistic way to refer back to a named person, while 彼 is the everyday plain word for 'he'.
あの人ひと
彼 is a plain, everyday word for 'he', while あの人 sounds more polite or emotionally distant and can refer to either gender.
其そ
彼 is the modern third-person pronoun for 'he'; 其 was a gender-neutral archaic pronoun that could mean 'he', 'she', or 'that person'.

彼かの女じょN5
彼 means 'he/him' while 彼女 means 'she/her', making them the male-female counterparts among third-person pronouns.

そいつN1
彼 is the neutral, standard word for 'he', whereas そいつ is a rough, familiar term for the same referent that can sound dismissive.
あいつplainN2
彼 is the neutral, polite term for 'he', while あいつ is a rough, familiar or derogatory way to refer to the same person.
奴やつN1
彼 is the standard, neutral word for 'he', while 奴 is a casual or contemptuous stand-in for the same referent.

彼かれ氏しN3
彼 is the plain, everyday pronoun for 'he', whereas 彼氏 usually means 'boyfriend' and only jokingly stands in for 'he'.
あれN5
彼 is normally read かれ and means 'he' or 'boyfriend,' which is a completely different, far more common word than the rare reading あれ for 彼.

彼かれUsage95%
Standard kanji spelling for both pronoun and noun uses.
かれUsage5%
Kana spelling is common in casual writing, especially when the pronoun is used informally.
カレUsage<1%

Originally from the demonstrative root か (that) + れ (nominalizer). The kanji 彼 is a Chinese loan character used for its meaning 'that' or 'he'.