牠

牠 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹手心木 (HQPD), four-corner 2451₂, composition ⿰牜也)

• 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

it (all non-human objects)

In Qian Xuantong's discussion on the creation of new vernacular pronouns, advocates for this form intended to evoke the left radical of 物 (wù, “thing”) rather than having the semantic implications of 牛 (niú, “bovine”).^[1]

牠

1. (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.

2. (obsolete) Synonym of 它

   懂得世界勢力最大的語言⸺中國的國語⸺的人們！你應該怎樣培養牠，發揚牠？ [MSC, trad.]
   懂得世界势力最大的语言⸺中国的国语⸺的人们！你应该怎样培养它，发扬它？ [MSC, simp.]

   From: 樂嗣炳 著：“世界勢力最大的語言”

   Dǒngdé shìjiè shìlì zuìdà de yǔyán ⸺ Zhōngguó de Guóyǔ ⸺ de rénmen! Nǐ yìnggāi zěnyàng péiyǎng tā, fāyáng tā?

   Those who understand the most influential language in the world (that is, the national language of China)! How should you develop and promote it?

• In simplified Chinese, 它 (tā) is used instead for all non-human objects.

• “牠”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: た (ta)
• Kan-on: た (ta)

牠: Hán Nôm readings: tha

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