它
See also: 牠
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Translingual edit
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Han character edit
它 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 十心 (JP), four-corner 30711, composition ⿱宀匕)
Derived characters edit
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 281, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7057
- Dae Jaweon: page 551, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 910, character 3
- Unihan data for U+5B83
Chinese edit
Glyph origin edit
Historical forms of the character 它 | ||||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Pictogram (象形) : a snake. This is now written as the derivative 蛇 (OC *l̥ʰaːl, *ɦljaːl, *lal).
The character was later borrowed for the then-homophonous third-person pronoun (“he/she/it”). Today 他 (tā) is used for male or gender-unspecified “he” and 她 (tā) for “she”.
Pronunciation 1 edit
trad. | 它/牠 | |
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simp. | 它 | |
牠 - chiefly used to refer to animals |
Definitions edit
它
- third-person singular pronoun for inanimate objects; it
- (chiefly simplified Chinese) third-person singular pronoun for animals; it
- (obsolete) general third-person singular pronoun; he; she; they (singular); it
- A dummy pronoun.
- alt. forms: 他
- crooked; evil
- a surname
Usage notes edit
- In traditional Chinese, there is generally a distinction between 它 and 牠; the former refers exclusively to inanimate objects, while the latter refers exclusively to animals.
- In simplified Chinese, only 它 is used for both inanimate objects and animals.
See also edit
Standard Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns | |||
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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) |
- (Classical Chinese, gender and number neutral - he, she, it, they) 其 (qí)
- (Hokkien, Teochew, Wu, gender neutral - he, she, it) 伊
- (Cantonese, Hakka, Gan, gender neutral - he, she, it) 佢, 渠
Compounds edit
Pronunciation 2 edit
simp. and trad. |
它 |
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Definitions edit
它
Pronunciation 3 edit
simp. and trad. |
它 |
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Definitions edit
它
- Only used in 它它.
Pronunciation 4 edit
For pronunciation and definitions of 它 – see 蛇 (“snake; serpent; illegal immigrant; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 蛇). |
Japanese edit
Kanji edit
它
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Readings edit
Vietnamese edit
Han character edit
它: Hán Nôm readings: dà, đà, tha
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