Read Edit View history 你 nǐ HSK1 you Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 尔 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas nǐ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 亻 is a component form of 人. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 你 Simp strokes 你 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint 你 and 尔 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 你 Simp strokes 你 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 你 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 317, 812 ], [ 342, 786 ], [ 353, 759 ], [ 303, 663 ], [ 249, 577 ], [ 181, 485 ], [ 93, 386 ], [ 68, 367 ] ], [ [ 273, 558 ], [ 274, 525 ], [ 285, 495 ], [ 284, 441 ], [ 273, 243 ], [ 256, 123 ], [ 260, 41 ] ], [ [ 556, 828 ], [ 574, 817 ], [ 595, 783 ], [ 584, 746 ], [ 539, 640 ], [ 481, 531 ], [ 428, 453 ], [ 406, 431 ] ], [ [ 513, 532 ], [ 704, 585 ], [ 796, 597 ], [ 813, 585 ], [ 827, 563 ], [ 798, 519 ], [ 746, 460 ] ], [ [ 586, 463 ], [ 615, 438 ], [ 632, 412 ], [ 627, 73 ], [ 616, 41 ], [ 604, 30 ], [ 558, 47 ], [ 490, 85 ] ], [ [ 455, 316 ], [ 437, 243 ], [ 397, 151 ] ], [ [ 742, 326 ], [ 812, 265 ], [ 856, 216 ], [ 871, 190 ], [ 878, 154 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 272 567 Q 306 613 342 669 Q 370 718 395 743 Q 405 753 400 769 Q 396 782 365 808 Q 337 827 316 828 Q 297 827 305 802 Q 318 769 306 741 Q 267 647 207 560 Q 150 476 72 385 Q 60 375 58 367 Q 54 355 70 358 Q 82 359 109 384 Q 155 421 213 493 Q 226 509 241 527 L 272 567 Z", "M 241 527 Q 262 506 258 375 Q 258 374 258 370 Q 254 253 221 135 Q 215 114 224 80 Q 236 44 248 32 Q 267 16 279 44 Q 294 86 294 134 Q 303 420 314 485 Q 321 515 295 543 Q 289 549 272 567 C 251 589 227 553 241 527 Z", "M 521 560 Q 561 621 602 708 Q 620 751 638 773 Q 645 786 639 799 Q 633 811 602 830 Q 572 846 554 843 Q 535 839 546 817 Q 561 795 552 757 Q 513 619 407 448 Q 398 436 397 430 Q 394 418 409 423 Q 439 432 503 532 L 521 560 Z", "M 503 532 Q 527 510 555 520 Q 795 608 782 549 Q 783 543 743 468 Q 736 458 741 453 Q 745 447 756 459 Q 852 532 894 549 Q 904 552 905 561 Q 906 574 876 592 Q 852 605 828 621 Q 800 637 783 630 Q 686 590 521 560 C 492 555 479 550 503 532 Z", "M 568 72 Q 531 81 494 91 Q 482 94 483 86 Q 484 79 494 71 Q 569 7 596 -33 Q 611 -49 626 -36 Q 659 -3 661 82 Q 655 149 655 345 Q 656 382 667 407 Q 676 426 659 439 Q 634 461 604 470 Q 585 477 577 469 Q 571 462 582 447 Q 619 384 603 127 Q 597 82 589 74 Q 582 67 568 72 Z", "M 444 320 Q 419 262 385 208 Q 364 180 381 144 Q 388 128 409 139 Q 460 181 468 264 Q 472 295 467 319 Q 463 328 456 328 Q 449 327 444 320 Z", "M 738 307 Q 789 249 847 168 Q 860 146 876 139 Q 885 138 893 146 Q 908 159 900 204 Q 891 264 743 338 Q 734 345 731 332 Q 728 319 738 307 Z" ] } 7 strokes 你 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 310, 822 ], [ 355, 753 ], [ 215, 531 ], [ 65, 364 ] ], [ [ 275, 555 ], [ 257, 31 ] ], [ [ 550, 837 ], [ 598, 777 ], [ 513, 591 ], [ 404, 429 ] ], [ [ 508, 535 ], [ 794, 597 ], [ 851, 554 ], [ 747, 461 ] ], [ [ 582, 464 ], [ 633, 414 ], [ 626, 68 ], [ 595, 10 ], [ 491, 85 ] ], [ [ 457, 324 ], [ 484, 270 ], [ 360, 137 ] ], [ [ 738, 332 ], [ 856, 217 ], [ 887, 147 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M272,567C295,598 318,632 342,669C361,702 378,727 395,743C401,750 403,759 400,769C397,778 386,792 365,808C347,822 330,828 316,828C303,828 299,819 305,802C313,780 313,760 306,741C279,679 246,619 207,560C168,505 125,445 72,385C65,378 59,373 58,367C55,359 59,357 70,358C77,360 90,369 109,384C139,410 201,476 241,527C262,554 262,554 272,567Z", "M241,527C255,513 257,470 258,370C258,292 243,214 221,135C217,121 217,103 224,80C231,56 239,40 248,32C260,21 271,26 279,44C289,72 293,102 294,134C299,325 305,442 314,485C317,506 313,525 272,567C260,579 231,540 241,527Z", "M521,560C547,601 575,650 602,708C614,737 627,758 638,773C643,781 643,791 639,799C635,808 623,818 602,830C582,842 566,846 554,843C541,841 537,832 546,817C555,802 558,783 552,757C526,665 478,562 407,448C401,440 397,434 397,430C395,422 398,420 409,423C428,430 460,466 503,532C515,551 515,551 521,560Z", "M503,532C519,518 536,514 555,520C715,579 789,589 782,549C781,545 770,518 743,468C739,461 738,457 741,453C744,450 747,453 756,459C819,509 865,539 894,549C900,552 904,555 905,561C905,570 896,581 876,592C860,602 844,611 828,621C809,633 794,635 783,630C718,604 631,580 521,560C510,558 494,539 503,532Z", "M568,72C543,79 518,85 494,91C486,94 482,92 483,86C483,82 487,77 494,71C544,29 576,-7 596,-33C604,-44 616,-45 626,-36C648,-14 662,26 661,82C659,127 654,215 655,345C655,370 659,391 667,407C672,420 670,430 659,439C641,454 623,464 604,470C591,475 582,475 577,469C572,465 575,458 582,447C607,406 615,299 603,127C600,97 594,80 589,74C584,70 577,70 568,72Z", "M447,315C447,300 447,285 437,259C425,231 409,208 379,174C336,128 339,113 397,153C447,189 471,218 486,235C515,272 535,276 516,298C504,312 488,322 476,329C464,336 446,334 447,315Z", "M738,307C771,269 809,223 847,168C856,154 864,143 876,139C881,138 887,141 893,146C902,155 904,174 900,204C893,244 841,288 743,338C736,342 733,341 731,332C729,324 731,315 738,307Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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