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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

Stroke order
Stroke order
Traditional
Shinjitai
(extended)
Simplified

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

  • 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

trad. /*
simp.
alternative forms



𤙌
Coastal Min



𤙌
Coastal Min
Hakka
 

Glyph origin

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

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

Pronunciation


Note:
  • nei1 - vernacular;
  • nei4 - literary.
Note:
  • Meixian:
    • ngi2/n2 - vernacular;
    • ni1 - literary.
Note:
  • lí/lír/lú - vernacular (common substitute for );
  • ní - literary.
Note:
  • Chongming:
    • 4n - vernacular;
    • 1gni - literary.
    • Xiang
      • (Changsha)
        • Wiktionary: nyi3
        • Sinological IPA (key): /n̠ʲi⁴¹/
      • (Loudi)
        • Wiktionary: n3
        • Sinological IPA (key): /n̩⁴²/
      • (Hengyang)
        • Wiktionary: ni3
        • Sinological IPA (key): /n̠ʲi³³/

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

    Definitions

    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

    In all regions other than Taiwan, is used to refer to all people in the second person; in Taiwan, can be used in place of if referring to women, though unnecessary.

    Synonyms
    Compounds
    Descendants
    • Vietnamese: , nị
    See also
    Standard Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns
    singular plural
    1st person () 我們我们 (wǒmen)
    inclusive 咱們咱们 (zánmen)
    2nd person 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 person male/indefinite () 他們他们 (tāmen)
    female () 她們她们 (tāmen)
    deity () 祂們祂们 (tāmen)
    polite (tān) 他們他们 (tāmen)
    怹們怹们 (tānmen)
    animal () 牠們它们 (tāmen)
    inanimate () 它們它们 (tāmen)

    Etymology 2

    Contraction of 你嘅 (ngi2 gê4, “your”).

    Pronunciation


    Definitions

    1. your

    References

    Southern Min

    Japanese

    Shinjitai
    (extended)

    Print
    standard

    Kanji

    (Hyōgai kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

    1. Extended shinjitai form of : you

    Readings

    • 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, )

    Etymology

    Kanji in this term

    Hyōgai
    goon

    Usage notes

    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

    Hanja

    (eum (ni))

    1. hanja form of 니 (ni); you

    Vietnamese

    Han character

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

    References