妳

See also: 你 and 您
妳 U+59B3, 妳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59B3
← 妲
[U+59B2] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 妴 →
[U+59B4]

Translingual

Han character

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

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

Glyph origin
Etymology 1
Derived from 你 (“you”) by replacing 亻 with 女. Compare 她, from 他.
Etymology 2
Simplified from 嬭 (爾 → 尔).

Etymology 1
trad. 妳
simp. 你

Same word as 你 (nǐ).

Pronunciation
Note:
  • lí/lír/lú - vernacular (substitute for 汝);
  • ní - literary.

Definitions

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 rarely used in simplified Chinese, it may still be found in some contexts.

See also
Standard Chinese personal pronouns
Person Singular Plural
1st — 我 (wǒ) 我們／我们 (wǒmen)
inclusive 咱們／咱们 (zánmen)
2nd male/indefinite 你 (nǐ) 你們／你们 (nǐmen)
female 妳／你 (nǐ) 妳們／你们 (nǐmen)
deity 祢 (nǐ) 祢們／祢们 (nǐmen)
polite 您 (nín) 你們／你们 (nǐmen)
您們／您们 (nínmen)
3rd male/indefinite 他 (tā) 他們／他们 (tāmen)
female 她 (tā) 她們／她们 (tāmen)
deity 祂 (tā) 祂們／祂们 (tāmen)
animal 牠／它 (tā) 牠們／它们 (tāmen)
inanimate 它 (tā) 它們／它们 (tāmen)

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 妳 – see 嬭 (“woman's breasts; milk; breastmilk; etc.”).
(This character, 妳, is a variant form of 嬭.)

Japanese

Kanji
妳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings
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