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Translingual
Han character
(Kangxi radical 4, 丿+4, 5 strokes, composition ⿰㐅也 or ⿰乂也)
References
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 㐅 (“representing the Latin letter X”) + phonetic 也 (OC *laːlʔ), by analogy with other third-person pronouns, such as 他 (tā, male) and 她 (tā, female).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tā
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ta
- Wade–Giles: tʻa1
- Yale: tā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ta
- Palladius: та (ta)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definition
- (Mandarin, gender-neutral, neologism) a gender-neutral singular third-person personal pronoun: they, them
- Synonyms: X也, TA