你
nǐ HSK1

you

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approved by Peter Olson · Oct 9, 2020, 05:07 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 9, 2020, 05:07 AM

Revise, since it appears 你 did not exist in Old Chinese

Changed fields: components, customSources, historicalPronunciations

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

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component

亻 is a component form of 人.

尔
尔 SoundMeaning component

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

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode