她

she, her

她 is composed of 女 (woman) and 也 (also). 也 is a pictograph of a snake, sharing the same origin as 它. Snakes, lacking limbs, are less familiar to humans compared to other creatures, so a character derived from the snake’s form is used as a third-person pronoun. Since 它 represents non-human creatures or inanimate objects, 她 is used to denote a female third-person pronoun.

Vocabulary of 她

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