tā
he
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 也 represents the sound.
Evolution
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
tā
other, another; he, she, it; he or him; (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); other; another
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*l̥ˤaj (E dialect: *l̥ˤ- > MC th-) | tha | tā | another |
Statistics
HSK level 1
Appears in 99.9840% of movies
10th most common character in movies
10th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 5 |
Unicode | U+4ED6 |
Sources
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