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U+59B3, 妳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59B3

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Stroke order
8 strokes

Han character

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

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

trad. /*
simp. *

Pronunciation


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

Definitions

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

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
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

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

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. Extended shinjitai form of

Readings

  • Go-on: ない (nai) (ne) (ni)
  • Kan-on: だい (dai)でい (dei) (ji)
  • Kun: はは (haha, )はぐくむ (hagukumu, 妳む)あね (ane, )