你
nǐ HSK1

you

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approved by Peter Olson · Oct 9, 2020, 05:03 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 9, 2020, 05:03 AM

add zhengzhang sound

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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.

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin
鄭張尚芳 (2003). 上古音系
Readings & variants
Unicode