她 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

tā HSK1

she

approved by Peter Olson · Oct 26, 2020, 05:53 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 26, 2020, 05:53 PM

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Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 也 represents the sound. Similar to 他 (he).

Components

女 Meaning component

也 Sound component

Change in sound

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