Chinese Character 他 Meanings and components.

Form

他

Meaning

他 meaning[3] in English

He Or Him.

(Used For Either Sex When The Sex Is Unknown Or Unimportant).

(Used Before Sb's Name For Emphasis).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 他 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and surname Ye (也)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OPD

How to write 他

To write他ta1he or … you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 也ye3surname Ye arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 也 = 他

他 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 他 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 他, looks as follow:

他
Pinyin:ta1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: He Or Him . (Used For Either Sex When The Sex Is Unknown Or Unimportant) . (Used Before Sb'S Name For Emphasis) . (Used As A Meaningless Mock Object) . Other . Another
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
也
Pinyin:ye3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Ye
乜
Pinyin:mie1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Squint . What? (Cantonese) . See Also 乜嘢[Mie1 Ye3]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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