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Translingual
Han character
牠 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹手心木 (HQPD), four-corner 24512, composition ⿰牜也)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 697, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19931
- Dae Jaweon: page 1109, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1803, character 1
- Unihan data for U+7260
Chinese
Pronunciation
Note:
- thaⁿ/tha - vernacular;
- tho - literary.
Definitions
牠
- (animal) it
狗餓了，所以我們餵牠吃東西。 [MSC, trad.]
狗饿了，所以我们喂它吃东西。 [MSC, simp.]- Gǒu è le, suǒyǐ wǒmen wèi tā chī dōngxī.
- The dog was hungry, so we fed it.
Usage notes
- In simplified Chinese, 它 (tā) is used instead for all non-human objects.
Compounds
See also
| Standard Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns
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| Person
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st
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—
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我 (wǒ)
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我們／我们 (wǒmen)
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| inclusive
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咱們／咱们 (zánmen)
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| 2nd
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male/indefinite
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你 (nǐ)
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你們／你们 (nǐmen)
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| female
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妳／你 (nǐ)
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妳們／你们 (nǐmen)
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| deity
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祢 (nǐ)
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祢們／祢们 (nǐmen)
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| polite
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您 (nín)
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你們／你们 (nǐmen)
您們／您们 (nínmen)
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| 3rd
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male/indefinite
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他 (tā)
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他們／他们 (tāmen)
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| female
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她 (tā)
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她們／她们 (tāmen)
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| deity
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祂 (tā)
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祂們／祂们 (tāmen)
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| animal
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牠／它 (tā)
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牠們／它们 (tāmen)
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| inanimate
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它 (tā)
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它們／它们 (tāmen)
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References
Japanese
Kanji
牠
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Vietnamese
Han character
牠: Hán Nôm readings: tha
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