它 (taa1 | ta1) : it (an object)

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它

taa1

ta1

[1] it (referring to a thing)
[2] used as a meaningless mock object, e.g. 好好睡它一覺.

In China, 它 is the official form that stands for both 它 and 牠. In Taiwan and HK, 它 refers to a thing while 牠 refers to an animal.

Stroke count: 5

Level: 2

Radical: 宀 (#40)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

它

Don't confuse with:
宅

This word has been viewed 5019 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Jul 2013 01:29

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其它 kei4 taa1 qi2 ta1 = other (referring to things)

它們的 taa1 mun4 dik1 ta1 men5 de5 = their; theirs 國

它們 taa1 mun4 ta1 men5 = they; them 國

它本身 taa1 bun2 san1 ta1 ben3 shen1 = itself 國

它們自己 taa1 mun4 zi6 gei2/1 ta1 men5 zi4 ji3 = themselves 國

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肉是一種食物, 它取自動物。國
Meat is a type of food, it comes from animals.

Legend
國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 它
Unicode code for this character: U+5b83 (off-site link)

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