它

simpl. and trad.
它

See also 牠

Translingual

Etymology

Pictogram (象形): a snake. Later borrowed for the then-homophonous third-person pronoun ("he/she/it"). Today 他 is used for "he" and 她 for "she". "Snake" is now written as 蛇.

Han character

它 (radical 40 宀+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 十心 (JP), four-corner 3071₁)

1. it (inanimate object)
2. other
3. snake

References

• KangXi: page 281, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7057
• Dae Jaweon: page 551, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 910, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5B83

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Cantonese

Hanzi

它 (Yale ta1)

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Japanese

Kanji

它

Readings

• On: た (ta), しゃ (sha)
• Kun: へび (hebi)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

它 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin tā)

1. [inanimate object] it
2. other

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Vietnamese

Han character

它 (tha, dà, đà)