祂

祂 U+7942, 祂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7942 ← 祁 [U+7941] CJK Unified Ideographs 祃 → [U+7943]

Translingual

Han character

祂 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈火心木 (IFPD), four-corner 3421₂, composition ⿰礻也)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 840, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2387, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7942

Chinese

trad.		祂
simp. #		祂

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 示 + phonetic 也 (OC *laːlʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tā (ta¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taa¹

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• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: taa¹
    • Yale: tā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ta¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaː⁵⁵/

Definitions

祂

1. (deity; gender-neutral) he; him; she; her; they; them

Usage notes

Mostly used for the Abrahamic God, but can be used for any other deity.

Compounds

• 祂們／祂们 (tāmen)

 

See also

Standard Mandarin 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)