Wiktionary

她

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

TranslingualEdit

Stroke order
 

Han characterEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: 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

ChineseEdit

Glyph originEdit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): 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 (“person”) radical in 他 (tā) with 女 (“woman”). Linguist Liu Bannong is credited with coining this use around the 1910s (Bi, 2013).

Etymology 1Edit

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

Etymology 2Edit

trad. 她
simp. # 她

PronunciationEdit

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

    • DefinitionsEdit

    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 notesEdit
    • Occasionally, 他 (tā) may be used for both genders.

    See alsoEdit

    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
    Ulanhot 他
    Tongliao 他
    Chifeng 他
    Bayanhot 他
    Hulunbuir (Hailar) 他
    Harbin 他
    Shenyang 他
    Muping 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
    Xi'an 他
    Dingbian 他
    Yinchuan 他
    Lanzhou 他, 那
    Xining 家, 他
    Ürümqi 他
    Wuhan 他, 他家
    Chengdu 他
    Guiyang 他
    Kunming 他
    Guilin 他
    Liuzhou 他
    Nanning (Xiakuojie) 他
    Nanning (Fujian) 他
    Nanning (Wuming) 他
    Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming) 他
    Binyang (Nanjie) 他
    Qinzhou (Longmengang) 他
    Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 他
    Xuzhou 他
    Yangzhou 他
    Xinghua 他
    Nanjing 他
    Hefei 他
    Nantong 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
    Zhuhai (Qianshan) 佢
    Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 佢
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 佢
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 佢
    Jiangmen (Xinhui) 佢
    Taishan 佢
    Kaiping (Chikan) 佢
    Enping (Niujiang) 佢
    Heshan (Yayao) 佢
    Dongguan 佢
    Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 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
    Lichuan 渠
    Pingxiang 他
    Hakka Meixian 佢
    Xingning 佢
    Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 佢
    Huiyang 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
    Nanxiong (Zhuji) 佢
    Shaoguan (Qujiang) 佢
    Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 佢
    Liannan 佢
    Conghua (Lütian) 佢
    Jiexi 佢
    Changting 佢
    Wuping 佢
    Wuping (Pingyu) 佢
    Liancheng 佢
    Ninghua 佢
    Yudu 佢
    Ruijin 佢
    Shicheng 佢
    Shangyou 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
    Jin Taiyuan 他
    Xinzhou 他
    Taibus (Baochang) 他
    Linhe 他
    Jining 他
    Hohhot 他
    Baotou 他
    Dongsheng 他
    Haibowan 他
    Min Bei Jian'ou 佢
    Jian'ou (Dikou) 佢
    Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 佢
    Pucheng (Shibei) 佢
    Min Dong Fuzhou 伊1
    Fuqing 伊1
    Matsu 伊1
    Manjung (Gutian) 伊1
    Min Nan Xiamen 伊1
    Xiamen (Tong'an) 伊1
    Quanzhou 伊1
    Zhangzhou 伊1
    Zhangpu 伊1
    Zhao'an 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
    Penghu (Magong) 伊1
    Penang (Hokkien) 伊1
    Singapore (Hokkien) 伊1
    Manila (Hokkien) 伊1
    Medan (Hokkien) 伊1
    Pingnan (Shangdu) 他, 伊1
    Guilin (Biyange) 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
    Min Zhong Yong'an 佢
    Sanyuan 佢
    Shaxian 佢
    Yanping (Wangtai) 佢
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 佢
    Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 他
    Wu Shanghai 伊2
    Shanghai (Chongming) 伊2
    Suzhou 俚, 俚倷, 唔倷
    Danyang 他
    Hangzhou 他
    Ningbo 渠, 渠儂
    Wenzhou 渠
    Jinhua 渠
    Jinhua (Tangxi) 渠, 渠儂
    Xiang Changsha 他
    Loudi 他
    Shuangfeng 他
    Quanzhou 他
    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”)

    CompoundsEdit

    JapaneseEdit

    KanjiEdit

    她

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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    ReadingsEdit

    • On (unclassified): ち (chi); じ (ji); しゃ (sha); た (ta); い (i)
    • Kun: あざる (azaru, 她る)

    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    她: Hán Nôm readings: tha

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