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■ radical

you

How it’s built

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 尔 represents the sound.

meaning

person 亻 is a component form of 人.

sound

you (archaic) The pronunciation of 你 was similar to 尔 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. 尔 also serves as a meaning component.

Appears in

Characters that use as a component, most common first.

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