he; she; it

Made up of [ rén Person (radical) radical 9, also; and ]
Made with 5 strokes.
Combines person with 'also' so giving the notion of someone else

Related characters


Also uses rén component: bǐng (both) chàng (to initiate) ; dài (replace) ; dàn (but) ; dào (fall) ; 仿 fǎng (to imitate) ; fèn (portion) ; gōng (to provide) ; (estimate) ; (what) ; hòu (wait) ; hóu (nobleman) ; huà (to make into) ; huá (splendid) ; huā (flower) ; jiàn (healthy) ; liǎng (pair) ; mén (s) ; (you) ; rén (humane) ; shén (what) ; wèi (position) ; xiān (immortal) ; xìn (letter) ; (night) ; 亿 (100,000,000) ; yōu (distant) ; zhí (value) ; zhù (to live) ; zhuàn (biography) ; zuò (to do) ; zuò (to make)
Also uses component: (earth) shī (to grant) ; (she)

Sounds same

(she) ; (it)

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Pronunciation

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stroke order for 他
Stroke order for character 他, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license

Proverbs

顾左右而言他 gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā Avoiding talking about something; taking a long digression
王顾左右而言他 wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā Evading making an uncomfortable reply by changing the topic of conversation. The story is of Mencius who asked three questions of the king of Qi, when the last question touched on the king's mismanagement of the kingdom, the king looked left and right to other guests to dodge making a response

Phrases

tā mén They
tā mǎi le sān zhāng piào He bought three tickets
tā qù nà r le Where has he gone?