Meaning
he; him
Chinese: 男性第三人称代词，也可泛指他人。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “ta” becomes a different word in each tone. 他 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 他们tā menthey; them
- 其他qí tāother; (sth or sb) else; the rest
- 他人tā rénanother person; sb else; other people
- 吉他jí tā(loanword) guitar
- 他国tā guóanother country
Example Sentence
他正在认真地写作业。Tā zhèng zài rèn zhēn de xiě zuò yè.He is doing his homework carefully.
他Tāhe正zhèngfirst month of the lunar y在zàiat认真rèn zhēnconscientious地de(adverb marker)写作xiě zuòto write业yèline of business。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A person (亻) plus 也, which gives the sound. It is the third-person pronoun ‘he / him’.
A way to remember it
Person + 也 — the ‘he’ you point to.
Easy to confuse with
- 她‘She’: the same 也, but with 女 (woman) on the left instead of a person.