他 (tā): he
他 (tā) is a Chinese character meaning “he.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (structural) and 也 (structural). It ranks #10 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 他 an additional, "also" 也 person 亻. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- he
Etymology & Origin
ideographicAn additional, "also" 也 person 亻
Decomposition: ⿰亻也 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 他
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 他妈的 | tā mā de | (taboo curse) damn it! |
| 吉他 | jí tā | (loanword) guitar |
| 维他命 | wéi tā mìng | (loanword) vitamin |
| 犹他州 | yóu tā zhōu | Utah |
| 犹他 | yóu tā | Utah |
| 安非他明 | ān fēi tā míng | amphetamine (loanword) |
| 他用 | tā yòng | other use |
| 他乡 | tā xiāng | foreign land |
| 他国 | tā guó | another country |
| 异国他乡 | yì guó tā xiāng | foreign lands and places (idiom) |
| 马耳他 | mǎ ěr tā | Malta |
| 利他林 | lì tā lín | Ritalin (brand name) |
| 他日 | tā rì | (literary) some day |
| 马尔他 | mǎ ěr tā | Malta (Tw) |
| 北达科他 | běi dá kē tā | North Dakota, US state |
他 appears in 77 compound words: 27 as the first character, 23 as the last, and 49 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 他 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (12)
Example Sentences
他是我们部门最资深的工程师，有十五年的工作经验。
Tā shì wǒmen bùmén zuì zīshēn de gōngchéngshī, yǒu shíwǔ nián de gōngzuò jīngyàn.
He is the most senior engineer in our department with fifteen years of work experience.
不到30小时连夺3金!他们的每一滴热泪,都写着“值..
bù dào 3 0 xiǎo shí lián duó 3 jīn ! tā men de měi yī dī rè lèi , dōu xiě zhe zhí . .
Win 3 gold medals in less than 30 hours! Every tear they shed was written "Value:
在这个时代,他们还在用手一点点“搓”出光丨新春走基..
zài zhè gě shí dài , tā men hái zài yòng shǒu yī diǎn diǎn cuō chū guāng 丨 xīn chūn zǒu jī . .
In this era, they are still using their hands to rub out the light 丨新春走基...
坐拥百万粉丝的他,为何归零重启,一头扎进金山田野?
zuò yōng bǎi mò fěn sī de tā , wéi hé guī líng chóng qǐ , yī tóu zhā jìn jīn shān tián yě ?
He has millions of followers, why did he go back to zero and reboot, headlong into the Jinshan field?
「新春走基层」他们不是不恋家,只是西沙这扇“南天门..
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng tā men bù shì bù liàn jiā , zhī shì xī shā zhè shān nán tiān mén . .
New Year's Journey to the grassroots level" It's not that they don't love their home, but the "Southern Heavenly Gate" of Xisha...
“希望老百姓安宁幸福” 他的新春愿望和冬窝子的雪一..
xī wàng lǎo bǎi xìng ān nìng xìng fú tā de xīn chūn yuàn wàng hé dōng wō zǐ de xuě yī . .
"I wish the people peace and happiness." His wish for the New Year is the same as the snow in the winter harbor...
你叔叔让你开他的车了吗？
Nǐ shūshu ràng nǐ kāi tā de chē le ma?
Did your uncle let you drive his car?
真的吗？他是什么时候走的？
Zhēn de ma? tā shì shénme shíhou zǒu de?
Oh, really? When did he leave?
他从什么地方来的？
Tā cóng shénmedìfang lái de?
Where does he come from?
他是我的朋友。你们认识吗？
Tā shì wǒ de péngyou. nǐmen rènshi ma?
He's my friend. Do you know him?
Character Family
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