他 tā he; she; it
Made up of [亻 rén Person (radical) radical 9, 也 yě also; and ]Made with 5 strokes.
Combines person with 'also' so giving the notion of someone else
Related characters
Also uses 亻 rén component: 俩 bǐng (both) 倡 chàng (to initiate) ; 代 dài (replace) ; 但 dàn (but) ; 倒 dào (fall) ; 仿 fǎng (to imitate) ; 份 fèn (portion) ; 供 gōng (to provide) ; 估 gū (estimate) ; 何 hé (what) ; 候 hòu (wait) ; 侯 hóu (nobleman) ; 化 huà (to make into) ; 华 huá (splendid) ; 花 huā (flower) ; 健 jiàn (healthy) ; 两 liǎng (pair) ; 们 mén (s) ; 你 nǐ (you) ; 仁 rén (humane) ; 什 shén (what) ; 位 wèi (position) ; 仙 xiān (immortal) ; 信 xìn (letter) ; 夜 yè (night) ; 亿 yì (100,000,000) ; 攸 yōu (distant) ; 值 zhí (value) ; 住 zhù (to live) ; 传 zhuàn (biography) ; 作 zuò (to do) ; 做 zuò (to make)
Also uses 也 yě component: 地 dì (earth) 施 shī (to grant) ; 她 tā (she)
Sounds same
她 tā (she) ; 它 tā (it)Pronunciation
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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
他 们 tā mén They他 买 了 三 张 票 tā mǎi le sān zhāng piào He bought three tickets
他 去 那 儿 了 tā qù nà r le Where has he gone?