See also: and
U+59B3, 妳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59B3

[U+59B2]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+59B4]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 38, +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女弓火 (VNF), four-corner 47492, composition )

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 257, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6130
  • Dae Jaweon: page 522, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1039, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+59B3

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Etymology 1
Derived from (“you”) by replacing with . Compare , from .
Etymology 2
Simplified from ().

Etymology 1 edit

trad.
simp. *

Same word as ().

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • lí/lír/lú - vernacular (substitute for );
  • ní - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang
  • Definitions edit

    1. (chiefly Taiwanese Mandarin) you (singular, female)
    Usage notes edit

    This character is mostly used in Traditional Chinese when referring to a female person. Although is rarely used in Simplified Chinese, it may still be found in some contexts.

    See also edit
    Standard Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns
    Person Singular Plural
    1st () 我們我们 (wǒmen)
    inclusive 咱們咱们 (zánmen)
    2nd male/indefinite () 你們你们 (nǐmen)
    female () 妳們你们 (nǐmen)
    deity () 祢們祢们 (nǐmen)
    polite (nín) 你們你们 (nǐmen)
    您們您们 (nínmen)
    3rd male/indefinite () 他們他们 (tāmen)
    female () 她們她们 (tāmen)
    deity () 祂們祂们 (tāmen)
    animal () 牠們它们 (tāmen)
    inanimate () 它們它们 (tāmen)

    Etymology 2 edit

    For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“breast; milk; breast milk; etc.”).
    (This character is a variant form of , which is in turn a variant form of ).

    Compounds edit

    Japanese edit

    Shinjitai
    (extended)

    Kyūjitai

    Kanji edit

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. Extended shinjitai form of

    Readings edit