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U+4F60, 你
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F60

[U+4F5F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4F61]

你 U+2F804, 你
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F804
𠄢
[U+2F803]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 侮
[U+2F805]

Translingual

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Stroke order
0 strokes
Stroke order
Traditional
Shinjitai
(extended)
Simplified

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 9, +5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人弓火 (ONF), four-corner 27290 or 27292, composition or )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 100, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 471
  • Dae Jaweon: page 205, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 137, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+4F60

Chinese

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trad. /*
simp.
alternative forms



𤙌
Coastal Min



𤙌
Coastal Min
Hakka
 

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *nɯʔ) : semantic (person) + phonetic (OC *njelʔ). Alternatively, Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (person) + (you)

Etymology 1

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Colloquial form of (OC *njelʔ, “you”) attested since the Tang dynasty. Ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-ŋ (you).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • nei1 - vernacular;
  • nei4 - literary.
Note:
  • Meixian:
    • ngi2/n2 - vernacular;
    • ni1 - literary.
Note:
  • lí/lír/lú - vernacular (common substitute for );
  • ní - literary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 2769
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*nɯʔ/
Notes

Definitions

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  1. you (the person spoken to or written to)
      ―  hǎo  ―  hello
    今天晚上有空 [MSC, trad.]
    今天晚上有空 [MSC, simp.]
    jīntiān wǎnshàng yǒukòng ma? [Pinyin]
    Are you free this evening?
    喜歡喜欢  ―  Wǒ xǐhuān .  ―  I like you.
Usage notes
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In traditional Chinese, may be used to specifically refer to a male person, while can be used for a female person. In simplified Chinese, only is standard.

Synonyms
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Compounds
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See also
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Standard Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns
Person Singular Plural
1st () 我們我们 (wǒmen)
inclusive 咱們咱们 (zánmen)
2nd male/indefinite () 你們你们 (nǐmen)
female () 妳們你们 (nǐmen)
deity () 祢們祢们 (nǐmen)
polite (nín) 你們你们 (nǐmen)
您們您们 (nínmen)
3rd male/indefinite () 他們他们 (tāmen)
female () 她們她们 (tāmen)
deity () 祂們祂们 (tāmen)
animal () 牠們它们 (tāmen)
inanimate () 它們它们 (tāmen)

Etymology 2

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Contraction of 你嘅 (ngi2 gê4, “your”).

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. your

References

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Southern Min

Japanese

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Shinjitai
(extended)

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. Extended shinjitai form of : you

Readings

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  • Go-on: (ni)
  • Kan-on: (ji)
  • Kun: なんじ (nanji, )なんぢ (nandi, , historical)しかり (shikari, 你り)その (sono, 你の)のみ (nomi, )

Usage notes

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This character is not used in modern Japanese. It may appear as a 略字 (ryakuji, abbreviated character) for , itself only used in historical texts and not used in modern Japanese.

Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (ni))

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Việt readings: nhĩ, nễ
: Nôm readings: , nể, nẻ, nệ

References

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