Wiktionary

她

她 U+5979, 她
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5979
← 奸
[U+5978] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 奺 →
[U+597A]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

她 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 女心木 (VPD), four-corner 44412, composition ⿰女也)

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 255, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6046
  • Dae Jaweon: page 518, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1029, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5979

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 女 (“female, woman”) + phonetic 也 (OC *laːlʔ).

Originally a variant of 姐 (jiě, “elder sister”). Later repurposed as a feminine third-person pronoun influenced by European languages, with the glyph being the result of replacing the 人 (rén, “person”) radical in 他 (tā) with 女 (“woman”). Linguist Liu Bannong is credited with coining this use around the 1910s (Bi, 2013).

Etymology 1 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 她 – see 姐 (“elder sister; woman; lady; madame; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 姐).

Etymology 2 edit

trad. 她
simp. # 她

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • thaⁿ/tha - vernacular;
  • tho - literary.

Definitions edit

她

  1. she, her [from 1910s]
    她去了。  ―  Tā qù le.  ―  She went away.
    我認識她。／我认识她。  ―  Wǒ rènshi tā.  ―  I know her.
Usage notes edit
  • Occasionally, 他 (tā) may be used for both genders.

See also edit

No major Chinese language distinguishes between “he”, “she” and “it” in spoken form, and Mandarin 他／她／牠／它／祂 (tā) is the only instance where such a distinction is made in written form. Thus see the table below for words for “she” in other varieties of Chinese.

Dialectal synonyms of 他 (“he”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 伊1, 彼, 其, 厥, 渠, 夫, 之 object, 乃
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 他
Mandarin Beijing 他, 怹 honorific
Taiwan 他
Tianjin 他
Chengde 他
Tangshan 他
Cangzhou 他
Ulanhot 他
Tongliao 他
Chifeng 他
Bayanhot 他
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 他
Heihe 他
Qiqihar 他
Harbin 他
Jiamusi 他
Baicheng 他
Changchun 他
Tonghua 他
Shenyang 他
Dandong 他
Jinzhou 他
Dalian 他
Yantai 他
Yantai (Muping) 他
Qingdao 他
Lijin 他
Weifang (Weicheng) 他
Weifang (Fangzi) 他
Weifang (Hanting) 他
Changyi 他
Gaomi 他
Zhucheng 他
Anqiu 他
Changle 他
Linqu 他
Qingzhou 他
Shouguang 他
Wulian 他
Jinan 他
Luoyang 他
Wanrong 他, 伢
Shangqiu 他
Yuanyang 他
Zhengzhou 他
Lingbao 他
Xinyang 他
Baihe 他
Hanzhong 他
Xi'an 他
Dingbian 他
Baoji 他
Yinchuan 他
Tianshui 他
Lanzhou 他, 那
Dunhuang 他
Xining 家, 他
Hami 他
Ürümqi 他
Wuhan 他, 他家
Yichang 他
Xiangyang 他
Tianmen 他
Hong'an 他
Chengdu 他
Nanchong 他
Dazhou 他
Hanyuan 他
Xichang 他
Zigong 他
Chongqing 他
Guiyang 他
Zunyi 他
Bijie 他
Liping 他
Zhaotong 他
Dali 他
Kunming 他
Mengzi 他
Guilin 他
Liuzhou 他
Nanning (Xiakuojie) 他
Nanning (Fujian) 他
Nanning (Wuming) 他
Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming) 他
Binyang (Nanjie) 他
Qinzhou (Longmengang) 他
Jishou 他
Changde 他
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 他
Anqing 他
Xuzhou 他
Pizhou 他
Ganyu 他
Fuyang 他
Wuhu 他
Yangzhou 他
Baoying 他
Lianyungang 他
Donghai 他
Huai'an (Huaiyin) 他
Lianshui 他
Xuyi 他
Xinghua 他
Nanjing 他
Hefei 他
Nantong 他
Rugao 他
Yancheng 他
Funing 他
Sihong 他
Taizhou 他
Zhenjiang 他
Changle (Qinjiang) 他
Yanping 他
Malaysia 他
Singapore 他
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 他
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) 他
Cantonese Guangzhou 佢
Hong Kong 佢
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 佢
Macau 佢
Guangzhou (Panyu) 佢
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 佢
Guangzhou (Conghua) 佢
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 佢
Foshan 佢
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 佢
Foshan (Shunde) 佢
Foshan (Sanshui) 佢
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 佢
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 佢
Zhongshan (Huancheng) 佢
Zhongshan (Nanlang) 佢
Zhongshan (Xiaolan) 佢
Zhongshan (Dongsheng) 佢
Zhongshan (Tanbei) 佢
Zhongshan (Henglan) 佢
Zhongshan (Dongfeng) 佢
Zhongshan (Nantou) 佢
Zhongshan (Fusha) 佢
Zhongshan (Shalang) 佢
Zhongshan (Gangkou) 佢
Zhongshan (Huangpu) 佢
Zhongshan (Sanjiao) 佢
Zhongshan (Langwang) 佢
Zhongshan (Minzhong) 佢
Zhongshan (Guzhen) 佢
Zhongshan (Banfu) 佢
Zhongshan (Tanzhou) 佢
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 佢
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 佢
Zhuhai (Doumen) 佢
Jiangmen (Baisha) 佢
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 佢
Taishan 佢
Taishan (Guanghai) 佢
Kaiping (Chikan) 佢
Enping (Niujiang) 佢
Heshan (Yayao) 佢
Dongguan 佢
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 佢
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 佢
Qingyuan 佢
Fogang 佢
Yingde (Hanguang) 佢
Yangshan 佢
Lianshan (Butian) 佢
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 佢
Shaoguan 佢
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 佢
Renhua 佢
Lechang 佢
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 佢
Sihui 佢
Guangning 佢
Deqing 佢
Huaiji 佢
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 佢
Yunfu 佢
Xinxing 佢
Luoding 佢
Yunan (Pingtai) 佢
Yangjiang 佢
Xinyi 佢
Lianjiang 佢
Nanning 佢
Wuzhou 佢
Yulin 佢
Hepu (Lianzhou) 佢
Baise 佢
Qinzhou 佢
Beihai 佢
Beihai (Nankang) 佢
Beihai (Yingpan) 佢
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 佢
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 佢
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 佢
Danzhou 佢
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 佢
Penang (Guangfu) 佢
Singapore (Guangfu) 佢
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 佢
Móng Cái 佢
Yangon (Taishan) 佢
Mandalay (Taishan) 佢
Gan Nanchang 渠
Nanchang (Wangcheng) 渠
Anyi 渠仂
Lushan 渠
Pengze 渠
Duchang 渠, 渠儂
Wuning (Quankou) 渠
Poyang 渠
Yugan 渠, 渠郎
Wannian 渠
Hengfeng 渠, 渠仂
Yanshan 渠, 渠仂
Leping 渠
Yichun 渠
Yifeng 渠
Gao'an 渠
Fengxin 渠
Shanggao 渠
Wanzai 渠
Fengcheng 渠
Xinyu 渠
Fuzhou (Shangdundu) 渠
Fuzhou (Dongxiang) 渠仂
Nancheng 渠
Nanfeng 渠仂, 渠
Yihuang 渠
Lichuan 渠
Chongren 渠
Pingxiang 他
Lianhua 渠
Ji'an 渠
Yongfeng 渠
Taihe 渠
Xiajiang 渠
Yongxin 渠
Yingtan (Yujiang) 渠
Guixi 渠, 渠仂
Jianning 使
Jinxian 渠
Jinxi 渠
Le'an 渠
Guangchang 渠
Anfu 渠
Suichuan 渠
Wan'an 渠
Jing'an 渠
Zhangshu 渠
Xingan 渠
Fenyi 渠
Hakka Meixian 佢
Xingning 佢
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 佢
Huidong (Daling) 佢
Dongguan (Qingxi) 佢
Boluo (Bendihua) 佢
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 佢
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 佢
Wuhua (Huacheng) 佢
Wuhua (Meilin) 佢
Heyuan (Bendihua) 佢
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 佢
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 佢
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 佢
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 佢
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 佢
Liannan 佢
Conghua (Lütian) 佢
Jiexi 佢
Changting 佢
Shanghang 佢
Yongding 佢
Wuping 佢
Wuping (Pingyu) 佢
Liancheng 佢
Ninghua 佢
Qingliu 佢
Yudu 佢
Ruijin 佢
Shicheng 佢
Shangyou (Shexi) 佢
Dingnan 佢
Longnan 佢
Xunwu 佢
Huichang 佢
Nankang 佢
Chongyi 佢
Xingguo 佢
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 佢
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 佢
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 佢
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 佢
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 佢
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 佢
Hong Kong 佢
Luchuan 佢
Bobai (Shahe) 佢
Bobai (Longtan) 佢
Bobai (Lingping) 佢
Bobai (Lingjiao) 佢
Sabah (Longchuan) 佢
Senai (Huiyang) 佢
Kuching (Hepo) 佢
Singkawang 佢
Bangkok (Meixian) 佢
Huizhou Jixi 渠, 渠仂
Dexing 渠
Chun'an (Qiandaohu) 渠
Jiande (Meicheng) 渠
Jiande (Shouchang) 渠, 渠儂
Jin Taiyuan 他
Yangyuan 他
Datong 他
Xinzhou 他
Lishi 他
Linfen 他
Changzhi 他
Taibus (Baochang) 他
Linhe 他
Jining 他
Hohhot 他
Baotou 他
Dongsheng 他
Haibowan 他
Erenhot 他
Pingshan 他
Zhangjiakou 他
Handan 他
Linzhou 他
Suide 他
Northern Min Jian'ou 渠
Jian'ou (Dikou) 渠
Songxi 渠
Zhenghe 渠
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 渠
Jianyang 渠
Pucheng (Shibei) 渠
Eastern Min Fuzhou 伊1
Changle 伊1
Lianjiang 伊1
Fuqing 伊1
Pingtan 伊1
Yongtai 伊1
Minqing 伊1
Gutian 伊1
Pingnan 伊1
Luoyuan 伊1
Fu'an 伊1
Ningde 伊1
Xiapu 伊1
Zherong 伊1
Shouning 伊1
Zhouning 伊1
Fuding 伊1
Matsu 伊1
Taishun 伊1
Cangnan 伊1
Sitiawan (Gutian) 伊1
Southern Min Xiamen 伊1
Xiamen (Tong'an) 伊1
Quanzhou 伊1
Jinjiang 伊1
Nan'an 伊1
Shishi 伊1
Hui'an 伊1
Anxi 伊1
Yongchun 伊1
Dehua 伊1
Zhangzhou 伊1
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 伊1
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 伊1
Hua'an 伊1
Nanjing 伊1
Pinghe 伊1
Zhangpu 伊1
Yunxiao 伊1
Zhao'an 伊1
Dongshan 伊1
Taipei 伊1
Taipei (Wanhua) 伊1
Kaohsiung 伊1
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 伊1
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 伊1
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 伊1
Yilan 伊1
Changhua (Lukang) 伊1
Taichung 伊1
Taichung (Wuqi) 伊1
Tainan 伊1
Taitung 伊1
Hsinchu 伊1
Kinmen 伊1
Penghu (Magong) 伊1
Penang (Hokkien) 伊1
Singapore (Hokkien) 伊1
Manila (Hokkien) 伊1
Medan (Hokkien) 伊1
Longyan 伊1
Zhangping 伊1
Datian 伊1
Pingnan (Shangdu) 他, 伊1
Guilin (Biyange) 伊1
Cangnan 伊1
Chaozhou 伊1
Shantou 伊1
Shantou (Chaoyang) 伊1
Jieyang 伊1
Haifeng 伊1
Bangkok (Teochew) 伊1
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 伊1
Singapore (Teochew) 伊1
Pontianak (Teochew) 伊1
Leizhou 伊1
Wenchang 伊1
Haikou 伊1
Qionghai 伊1
Singapore (Hainanese) 伊1
Puxian Min Putian 伊1
Xianyou 伊1
Central Min Yong'an 渠
Sanyuan 渠
Shaxian 渠
Yanping (Wangtai) 渠
Shaojiang Min Shaowu 𠇼
Guangze 𠇼
Jiangle 渠
Mingxi 渠
Shunchang 渠
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 伊1
Sanxiang 伊1
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 佢
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 他
Shehua Jingning 渠
Wu Shanghai 伊2
Shanghai (Chongming) 伊2
Shanghai (Jiading) 伊2
Shanghai (Songjiang) 是渠, 實渠, 渠
Suzhou 俚, 俚倷, 唔倷
Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) 伊2, 伊奴
Wuxi 佗
Changshu 伊2
Haimen 他, 伊2
Jiaxing 伊內
Jiashan 伊2, 伊儂
Pinghu 伊儂
Haining (Yanguan) 伊2
Tongxiang 伊2, 夷儂
Haiyan 伊2, 葉內, 候內
Changzhou 佗
Danyang 他
Gaochun 他
Huzhou 是其
Changxing 是夷, 夷
Anji (Ancheng) 其
Deqing 夷
Hangzhou 他
Hangzhou (Yuhang) 夷, 其
Hangzhou (Lin'an) 夷, 是夷, 其
Hangzhou (Fuyang) 夷, 是夷
Hangzhou (Xiaoshan) 夷
Tonglu 夷, 是夷
Tonglu (Wusheng) 夷, 他
Shaoxing 夷
Zhuji 其
Shengzhou 夷
Xinchang 其
Ningbo 渠, 渠儂
Zhenhai 其
Fenghua 其
Yuyao 渠
Cixi 渠
Xiangshan 其, 像其
Ninghai 其, 其儂
Zhoushan 其
Huangyan 渠
Tiantai 渠
Xianju 渠
Sanmen 渠
Linhai 渠
Wenling 渠
Wenzhou 渠
Yueqing 渠
Yongjia (Fenglin) 渠
Rui'an 渠
Pingyang 渠
Taishun 其
Wencheng 渠
Lishui 渠
Qingtian 渠
Jinyun 渠
Wuyi (Liucheng) 渠
Songyang (Xiping) 渠
Yunhe 他, 其
Jingning 他, 渠
Qingyuan 渠
Longquan 渠
Quzhou 渠
Suichang 渠
Jiangshan 渠
Changshan 渠
Kaihua 渠
Longyou 渠, 渠儂
Jinhua 渠
Jinhua (Tangxi) 渠, 渠儂
Yiwu 渠
Yongkang 渠
Pujiang 其, 徐
Dongyang 渠
Wuyi 渠
Lanxi 渠, 渠儂
Xiang Changsha 他
Loudi 他
Shuangfeng 他
Quanzhou 他
Note In spoken language, Chinese varieties in general do not distinguish gender/animacy in the third-person pronoun; distinctions are only sometimes made in writing.
佢 is commonly used in Yue, Hakka and Pinghua, while 渠 is more common in other varieties
Standard Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns
Person Singular Plural
1st — 我 (wǒ) 我們／我们 (wǒmen)
inclusive 咱們／咱们 (zánmen)
2nd male/indefinite 你 (nǐ) 你們／你们 (nǐmen)
female 妳／你 (nǐ) 妳們／你们 (nǐmen)
deity 祢 (nǐ) 祢們／祢们 (nǐmen)
polite 您 (nín) 你們／你们 (nǐmen)
您們／您们 (nínmen)
3rd male/indefinite 他 (tā) 他們／他们 (tāmen)
female 她 (tā) 她們／她们 (tāmen)
deity 祂 (tā) 祂們／祂们 (tāmen)
animal 牠／它 (tā) 牠們／它们 (tāmen)
inanimate 它 (tā) 它們／它们 (tāmen)
  • 妳／你 (nǐ, “(feminine) you”)

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

她

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

她: Hán Nôm readings: tha

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