Chinese Character 你 Meanings and components.

Form

你

Meaning

你 meaning[3] in English

You (Informal, As Opposed To Courteous 您[Nin2]).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 你 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and variant of 爾|尔[er3] (尔)

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 ONF

How to write 你

To write你ni3you (informal, … you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 尔er3variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 尔 = 你

你 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

你
Pinyin:ni3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: You (Informal, As Opposed To Courteous 您[Nin2])
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]
尔
Pinyin:er3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 爾|尔[Er3]
⺈
Pinyin:⺈
刀
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

Notes

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

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

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