你 nǐ HSK1 you Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 尔 represents the sound. Components 亻 亻 Meaning component rén person 亻 is a component form of 人. 尔 尔 SoundMeaning component ěr you 你 and 尔 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese. Component uses Sound (1) 您 Meaning (1) 您 Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangnɯʔ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang
