妳

See also: 你 and 您

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• 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

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology 1

Derived from 你 (“you”) by replacing 亻 with 女. Compare 她, from 他.

Etymology 2

Simplified from 嬭 (爾 → 尔).

Etymology 1

trad.		妳
simp.		你*

Same word as 你 (nǐ).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 妳

1. you (female)

   如果妳是我的傳說 [MSC, trad.]
   如果你是我的传说 [MSC, simp.]

   Rúguǒ nǐ shì wǒ de chuánshuō [Pinyin]

   "If You Are My Legend" (a 1990 song by Andy Lau)

Usage notes

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

See also

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)

Etymology 2

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

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Japanese

Kanji

妳

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ない (nai); ね (ne); に (ni)
• Kan-on: だい (dai); でい (dei); じ (ji)^{←ぢ (di, historical)}
• Kun: はは (haha, 妳); はぐくむ (hagukumu, 妳む); あね (ane, 妳)