你 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

nǐ HSK1

you

approved by Peter Olson · Oct 9, 2020, 04:59 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 9, 2020, 04:59 AM

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Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 尔 represents the sound.

Components

亻 Meaning component

亻 is a component form of 人.

Change in sound

你 and 尔 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	nɯʔ