Pronoun
かれ
しまった！急須を壊しちゃった。彼が知ったらめちゃくちゃ怒るだろうな。
Shit! I just broke the stupid teapot. He would get so upset if he knew.
The kanji and the word are exactly the same. That means they share meanings as well.
The reading is the same as the one you learned with the kanji.