Dong Chinese dictionary

tā

she

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 也 represents the sound. Similar to 他 (he).

Components

女 Meaning component

nǚ, rǔ

woman

也 Sound component

yě

also

她 and 也 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.她 /*l̥ˤaj (E dialect: *l̥ˤ- > MC th-)/
也 /*lAjʔ/

Definitions

她

tā

she, her; she

Most common words with 她

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	她	she
	她们	they

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

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