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{{also|她|祂|牠|⿰男也}}
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==Translingual==
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===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=9|rad=人|as=03|sn=5|four=24212|canj=OPD|ids=⿰亻也}}

====Derived characters====
* {{l|mul|[[咃]], [[𢫌]], [[𭰃]], [[𭩬]], [[𥅂]], [[𥿞]], [[𮕴]], [[𧦭]]([[𬣢]]), [[𫴞]], [[𦭟]], [[𮅅]], [[𤵩]], [[怹]]}}

====References====
{{Han ref|kx=0092.090|dkj=00370|dj=0195.120|hdz=10115.060|uh=4ED6}}

====Usage notes====
Not to be confused with unrelated [[也]]

==Chinese==
{{zh-forms}}

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etym}}
{{Han compound|人|也|c1=s|c2=p|alt1=亻|t1=man|ls=psc}}.

Corrupted form of {{och-l|佗}}, which is found in {{w|Zuozhuan}}. 

===Etymology===
Etymology not clear ({{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}}). Perhaps cognate with {{och-l|誃|to separate}}.

The modern sense of "he, she, it" only emerged after the Han period in colloquial passages, and displaced classical {{och-l|其|id=2}} and {{och-l|之}} in mandarin dialects. ({{zh-ref|Pulleyblank, 1995}}) 

The phonological development from Middle Chinese was irregular. The expected reflex is '''tuō''', which is sometimes used in literary contexts for the classical "other" sense, but in most Mandarin dialects it is read like '''tā'''.

===Pronunciation===
{{zh-pron
|m=tā,tuō
|m-s=ta1
|dg=та2
|m-x=tǎ
|c=taa1
|ca=LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-他.wav
|c-t=ha1
|g=ta1
|h=pfs=thâ;gd=ta1
|j=ta1
|mb=tá
|md=tă
|mn=thaⁿ/xm:tha/tho
|mn_note=thaⁿ/tha - vernacular; tho - literary
|mn-t=ta1
|w=sh,sz,hz:1tha
|x=ta1
|mc=y
|oc=y
|ma=y
|cat=pron,a,pn
}}

===Definitions===
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{lb|zh|chiefly|Mandarin|Jin|Xiang|dialectal Wu|originally gender-neutral; nowadays usually referring to males}} [[he]]; [[him]]; [[she]]; [[her]]
#: {{zh-x|他 去 了。|'''He''' went away.}}
#: {{zh-x|我 認識{shi} 他。|I know '''him'''.}}
#* {{zh-x|萬物 是 藉[借]著[着]{zhe} 他 造 的；凡 被 造 的，沒有 一 樣 不是 藉[借]著[着]{zhe} 他 造 的。|All things were made by '''him'''; and without '''him''' was not any thing made that was made.|ref={{lw|zh|和合本|新標點和合本}} ([[w:Chinese Union Version|Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation]]), {{lang|zh|約翰福音}} (John) 1:3}}
#* {{zh-x|他 也 不 怕 狼-蟲，不 懼 虎-豹，登 上 山-頂 上 觀看。|Since '''he''' was afraid neither of wolves and lizards nor of tigers and leopards, [he] went straight to the mountaintop to look around.|ref=Xiyouji-Y}}
#* {{zh-x|我 這 女學生 名 叫 ^黛-玉。 他 讀 書，凡『敏』字，他 皆 念 作『密』字；寫 字，遇 著『敏』字 亦 減 一二 筆。|My current girl-pupil – named {{w|Lin Daiyu|Daiyu}}, whenever '''she''' reads, '''she''' pronounces every character ''mǐn'' (敏 "hasty") as ''mì'' (密 "honey"); whenever [she] writes, [she] lessens every character 敏's number of strokes by one or two.|ref=Hongloumeng}}
# {{ng|A dummy pronoun. Compare object pronoun {{m|zh|之}}}}
#: {{zh-x|睡 他 個 昏天黑地}}
#: {{zh-alt-inline|它}}
# [[other]]; [[another]]
#: {{zh-x|別 無 他 求|have no '''other''' request (formal)}}
# {{surname|zh}}

====Usage notes====
* {{sense|personal pronoun}}
** Originally gender-neutral before the 1910s, when the character {{zh-l|她|she; her}} was coined; now usually refers to males (also occasionally refers to females).
*** However, {{zh-l|他/她/牠/它/祂}} is only a written distinction; they are all still pronounced as ''tā''.
** This term can refer to a person of unknown gender or there is no need to mention gender of the person referred to, while {{zh-l|[[他/她]]}} {{q|[[gender binary]]}} is also used; see also Internet slang {{zh-l|TA|they (singular)}}.

====Synonyms====
''Most of the words in the table below are gender-neutral in spoken form.''
{{zh-dial}}

====See also====
{{cmn-personal pronouns}}
* {{zh-l|其}}

===Compounds===
{{col3|zh|他媽的|他們|他人|他日|他殺|他鄉|吉他|世海他人|之死靡他|他事|他倆|他們倆|他力|他動|他動詞|他國|他姓|他家|他家的事|他山之攻|他山之石|他山攻錯|他年|他律|他心|他志|他懣|他拉他拉|他故|他敘式|他方|他方言語|他方說|他時|他無所有|他瑪羅池|他生|他端|他處|他說|他辰|他遷|他鄉外府|他鄉外縣|假手他人|其他|別無他法|利他|利他主義|安非他命|巽他海峽|巽他群島|排他性|潘他唑新|無他|燕入他家|猶他州|笑罵由他|維他命|覺他|貝他係數|貝他射線|貝他蛻變|電吉他|非他|馬爾他|北達科他|猶他|不他|他他籍籍|他他藉藉|他儂|他出|他大|他娘|他娘的|他媽|他媽媽|他室|他山|他岐|他己|他心通|他意|他每|他爹|他稱|他腸|他誰|他途|他適|他駱拔|伽他|依他性|依他起性|匪他|四海他人|奢摩他|奶烏他|尉他|排他|橐他|此他|水烏他|管他|管他的|自他|華他|謾他|靡他|顧而言他|他他醬}}

===Descendants===
* {{desc|wuh|ta|t=he; she; it}}

===References===
* {{R:yue:Hanzi}}

{{cat|cmn|Beginning Mandarin}}

==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji|grade=3|rs=人03}}

====Readings====
{{ja-readings
|goon=た
|kanon=た
|kun=ほか-
|nanori=おさ, ひと, ほか
}}

====Compounds====
{{der-top|Compounds}}
* {{ja-r|他%意|た%い|another meaning (for one's behavior or speech)}}
* {{ja-r|他%我|た%が|[[w:other minds|other minds]]}}
* {{ja-r|他%界|た%かい|the world after death}}
* {{ja-r|他%殺|た%さつ|[[murder]]}}
* {{ja-r|他%動%詞|た%どう%し|[[transitive verb]]}}
* {{ja-r|他%人|た%にん|[[unrelated]] [[person]]}}
* {{ja-r|他%愛|た%あい|altruism}}
* {{ja-r|他%家|た%け}}
* {{ja-r|他%覚%症|た%かく%しょう}}
* {{ja-r|他%覚%的|た%かく%てき}}
* {{ja-r|他%郷|た%きょう}}
* {{ja-r|他%見|た%けん}}
* {{ja-r|他%言|た%ごん|telling the other persons}}
* {{ja-r|他%行|た%ぎょう}}
* {{ja-r|他%国|た%こく|the other country}}
* {{ja-r|他%山|た%ざん}}
* {{ja-r|他%事|た%じ}}
* {{ja-r|他%社|た%しゃ|the other company}}
* {{ja-r|他%者|た%しゃ}}
* {{ja-r|他%出|た%しゅつ}}
* {{ja-r|他%所|た%しょ}}
* {{ja-r|他%称|た%しょう}}
* {{ja-r|他%心|た%しん}}
* {{ja-r|他%生|た%しょう}}
* {{ja-r|他%薦|た%せん}}
* {{ja-r|他%念|た%ねん}}
* {{ja-r|他%派|た%は}}
* {{ja-r|他%物|た%ぶつ}}
* {{ja-r|他%聞|た%ぶん}}
* {{ja-r|他%方|た%ほう}}
* {{ja-r|他%面|た%めん}}
* {{ja-r|他%律|た%りつ}}
* {{ja-r|他%流|た%りゅう}}
* {{ja-r|他%力|た%りき}}
{{der-bottom}}

{{ja-kanjitab|ほか|yomi=k}}
{{ja-kanjitab|た|yomi=o}}

===Pronunciation===
{{ja-pron|ほか|acc=0|acc_ref=DJR,NHK}}
{{ja-pron|た|acc=1|acc_ref=DJR,NHK}}

===Noun===
{{ja-noun|ほか|た}}

# [[another]], [[other]], some other
#: {{ja-usex|この '''他''' に も 行き先 が あります か。|この '''ほか''' に も ゆきさき が あります か。|Do you have any '''other''' destinations?}}
#: {{ja-usex|この 事%業 は '''他''' を 利する ため に 開%始 されました。|この じ%ぎょう は '''た''' を りする ため に かい%し されました。|This project was started in order to benefit '''others'''.}}
#: {{ja-usex|'''他''' に だれ が 手%伝い に 行きます か。|'''ほか''' に だれ が て%つだい に いきます か。|Who '''else''' will go to help you?}}

====Derived terms====
* {{ja-r|他ならぬ|ほかならぬ}}
* {{ja-r|その他|そのた}}, {{ja-r|その他|そのほか}}

====Idioms====
{{der-top|Idioms}}
* {{ja-r|他 で も ない|ほか で も ない}}: “there isn't anything else” → “specifically what I want to say is...” {{qualifier|used to emphasize what one is about to say}}
* {{ja-r|他 に 累 を 及ぼす|た に るい を およぼす}}: “extend the involvement (entanglement) to others” → involve others in trouble
* {{ja-r|他 に 例 を 見ない|た に れい を みない}}: “an example not seen in others” → incomparable
* {{ja-r|他 の 言 に 惑わされる|た の げん に まどわされる}}: “to be led astray by others' words”
{{der-bottom}}

===References===
<references/>

==Korean==

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja|남|타}}

# {{hanja form of|타|[[another]], [[other]], some other}}

====Compounds====
* {{ko-l|기타|[[other]]|其他}}

==Vietnamese==

===Han character===
{{vi-readings|reading=[[tha]], [[thà]], [[thè]], [[thơ]]|rs=人03}}

# {{rfdef|vi|sort=人03}}

===References===
* [http://nomfoundation.org/common/nom_details.php?codepoint=4ed6 Nom Foundation]

==Zhuang==

===Pronoun===
{{za-head|pronoun}}

# {{za-sawndip form of|de||he, she, it}}