Translingual

Han character

妳 (radical 38 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女弓火 (VNF), four-corner 4749₂, composition ⿰女尔)

1. you (f.)

References

• KangXi: page 257, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6130
• Dae Jaweon: page 522, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1039, character 9
• Unihan data for U+59B3

Chinese

Etymology 1

Glyph origin

Derived from 你 (nǐ); coined as a parallel to Western languages' gender distinctions. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Pronoun

妳

1. you (female)

   如果妳是我的傳說 [MSC, trad.]

   如果你是我的传说 [MSC, simp.]

   Rúguǒ nǐ shì wǒ de chuánshuō [Pinyin]

   "If You Are My Legend" (a 1990 song by Andy Lau)

Usage notes

This character is mostly used in traditional Chinese when referring to a female person. Although 妳 is abandoned in simplified Chinese, it may still be found in some contexts.

Related terms

• 她 (tā)

Etymology 2

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: だい (dai), ない (nai), でい (dei), じ (ji)
• Kun: はは (haha)