妳

See also: 你 and 您
妳 U+59B3, 妳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59B3
← 妲
[U+59B2]
CJK Unified Ideographs 妴 →
[U+59B4]

Translingual

Stroke order
8 strokes

Han character

妳 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女弓火 (VNF), four-corner 47492, composition ⿰女尔)

References

  • KangXi: page 257, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6130
  • Dae Jaweon: page 522, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1039, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+59B3

Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology 1
Derived from 你 (“you”) by replacing 亻 with 女. Compare 她, from 他.
Etymology 2
Simplified from 嬭 (爾 (ěr) → 尔).

Etymology 1

trad. 妳
simp. 你

Same word as 你 (nǐ).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • lí/lír/lú - vernacular (substitute for 汝);
  • ní - literary.

Definitions

妳

  1. (chiefly Taiwanese Mandarin)you (singular, female)
Usage notes

This character is mostly used in Traditional Chinese when referring to a female person. Although 妳 is rarely used in Simplified Chinese, it may still be found in some contexts.

See also
Standard Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns
Person Singular Plural
1st — 我 (wǒ) 我們/我们 (wǒmen)
inclusive 咱們/咱们 (zánmen)
2nd male/indefinite 你 (nǐ) 你們/你们 (nǐmen)
female 妳/你 (nǐ) 妳們/你们 (nǐmen)
deity 祢 (nǐ) 祢們/祢们 (nǐmen)
polite 您 (nín) 你們/你们 (nǐmen)
您們/您们 (nínmen)
3rd male/indefinite 他 (tā) 他們/他们 (tāmen)
female 她 (tā) 她們/她们 (tāmen)
deity 祂 (tā) 祂們/祂们 (tāmen)
animal 牠/它 (tā) 牠們/它们 (tāmen)
inanimate 它 (tā) 它們/它们 (tāmen)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 妳 – see 嬭 (“breast; milk; breast milk; etc.”).
(This character, 妳, is a variant form of 嬭.)

Japanese

Kanji

妳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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