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() is a Chinese character meaning “she.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (structural) and (structural). It ranks #91 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, a woman 女 beside you 也. Its radical form (woman) appears in many related characters such as (, woman), (nǎi, grandmother, milk), (hǎo, good).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. she

Etymology & Origin

ideographicA woman 女 beside you 也

Decomposition: ⿰女也 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
6

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
pronountā menthey1

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
tā jīng jì"she-economy" reflecting women's economic contribution
tā mǎTamir (mother of Perez and Zerah)
3
Total compounds
100
As first character
0
As last character
0
As middle character

appears in 3 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 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 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

zhàng
0.45125,653 co-occurrences
le
0.401244,554 co-occurrences
men
0.39352,614 co-occurrences
qīn
0.39028,578 co-occurrences
zài
0.386386,802 co-occurrences
céng
0.38378,630 co-occurrences
0.38134,080 co-occurrences
gēn
0.37923,142 co-occurrences
shì
0.374286,152 co-occurrences
0.37349,482 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

是新来的销售经理,有丰富的行业经验。

Tā shì xīn lái de xiāoshòu jīnglǐ, yǒu fēngfù de hángyè jīngyàn.

She is the new sales manager with rich industry experience.

Hk01.comFeb 2026

...后得悉外婆离世 记者会上哭说“昨晚才梦到

. . . hòu dé xī wài pó lí shì jì zhě huì shàng kū shuō zuó wǎn cái mèng dào tā

... Later, when he learned of his grandmother's death, he cried at the press conference and said, "I only dreamed of her last night."

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

連槓龜都有玄機?買刮刮樂摸透「1規律」 秒中萬元大獎

連 槓 龜 dōu yǒu xuán 機 ? tā 買 guā guā 樂 mō tòu 規 lǜ miǎo zhōng 萬 yuán dà 獎

Even losing streaks hold secrets? She cracked the "one pattern" of scratch-off tickets and instantly won a ten-thousand-dollar jackpot.

Nownews今日新聞Feb 2026

...能》金度勳疑吃Karina豆腐!被目擊揉手指 親喊冤:我手癢

. . . néng jīn dù 勳 yí chī dòu fǔ ! bèi mù 擊 róu tā shǒu zhǐ 親 hǎn yuān wǒ shǒu 癢

... Kim Do Hoon is suspected to have eaten Karina's tofu! Kim Do-hoon was seen rubbing her fingers, but he said his hands were itchy.

EttodayFeb 2026

走到哪都看見!施工外牆必備「神秘女郎」 真實用途超爆...

zǒu dào nǎ dōu kàn 見 tā ! shī gōng wài 牆 bì 備 shén mì nǚ láng zhēn 實 yòng tú chāo bào . . .

You'll see her everywhere you go! Mystery Girl" is a must-have for construction walls...

百度新闻Feb 2026

「新春走基层·春节我在岗」这个春节,的身影真美!

xīn chūn zǒu jī céng chūn jié wǒ zài gǎng zhè gè chūn jié , tā de shēn yǐng zhēn měi !

"Spring Festival on the Front Lines: On Duty During the Holidays" This Spring Festival, her figure was truly beautiful!

Tatoeba

什么时候结婚的?

Tā shénmeshíhou jiéhūn de?

When did she get married?

Tatoeba

昨天为什么不来?

Tā zuótiān wèi shénme bù lái?

What prevented her from coming yesterday?

Tatoeba

在这个城市工作吗?

Tā zài zhège chéngshì gōngzuò ma?

Does she work in this city?

Tatoeba

你是何时与见面的?

Nǐ shì héshí yǔ tā jiànmiàn de?

When did you see her?

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 她 (tā) mean in Chinese?
她 (tā) primarily means "she." It is classified as HSK Level 1, making it a beginner-level character. It ranks #91 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 她 have?
她 is written with 6 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 她?
The radical associated with 她 is 女 (woman). This radical appears in many characters related to woman.
What are the components of 她?
她 is composed of: 女 (structural), 也 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰女也 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 她?
Common words with 她 include: 她们 (tā men, "they"); 她经济 (tā jīng jì, ""she-economy" reflecting women's economic contribution"); 她玛 (tā mǎ, "Tamir (mother of Perez and Zerah)"). There are over 3 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 她 (tā)?
Several characters share the pronunciation tā: 他 (he), 它 (it), 塌 (to collapse), 塔 (pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆, a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa)), and 1 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 她 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 她 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.