Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "它", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "它", and master the standard way of writing the character "它".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 它
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "它" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
它 [tā]
1. Pronoun, refers to things other than people.
- 例如:它们。其它。
2. Pronoun representing third person.
- 例如:生它个儿子 (meaning: to give birth to him/her/it).
3. Indicates reference, equivalent to “other” or “another”.
- 例如:它罪 (other crimes), 它人 (others), 它年 (another year).
4. Vague reference.
- 例如:干它一场 (to have a go at it); 吃它一顿 (to have a meal with it).
5. Surname.
名 [n]
1. (Pictogram. The small seal character shape. Resembles an insect shape. Original meaning: insect) Same meaning. Later used for "snake" (English: snake).
引:
1. According to “Shuowen”: 它 refers to an insect. Its shape resembles that of a crooked insect hanging down, and ancient grass dwellers worried about it, hence would ask, “Is there no it?”
名 [n]
1. 橐它: Camel.
- Example from “Han Shu”: 民随畜牧逐水草,有驴马,多橐它 (The people follow the herds and move towards water and grass, having donkeys and many camels).
(一)音 of 之又.