also: せいじゃ · しょうじゃ
living person; the living
Refers to people who are alive, often used in contrast with 死者 (the dead). Common in news, literature, and philosophical contexts.
See also: 死者
I think about the boundary that separates the living from the dead.
In the disaster, many living people were forced to evacuate.
死者 means a person who has died, while 生者 means a person who is alive, forming a classic contrastive pair as in 生者必滅.
Standard kanji form; the most common reading is せいしゃ.
Alternate reading; less common than せいしゃ but still used.
Rare reading; mostly found in older or Buddhist contexts.
Compound of 生 (life, living) and 者 (person). The reading せいしゃ is the most common, with せいじゃ as a variant. The rare reading しょうじゃ reflects an older Sino-Japanese reading of 生.