# 妳

| 妳 | U+59B3, &#22963; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59B3 |
| ← 妲 [U+59B2] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 妴 → [U+59B4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

妳 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女弓火 (VNF), four-corner 4749$_2$, composition ⿰女尔)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 257, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6130
* Dae Jaweon: page 522, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1039, character 9
* Unihan data for U+59B3

## Chinese
### Glyph origin
#### Etymology 1

    Derived from 你 (“you”) by replacing 亻 with 女. Compare 她, from 他.

#### Etymology 2

    Simplified from 嬭 (爾 → 尔).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): nǐ (ni$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyi$^3$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): nei$^5$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): nei$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): n$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngì / ǹ / ǹg / nì
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ngi$^2$ / n$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ni$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): nī
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lí / lír / lú / ní
    (Teochew, Peng'im): le$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gni; $^5$ni
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): nyi$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nǐ
*** Wade–Giles: ni$^3$
*** Yale: nǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nii
*** Palladius: ни (ni)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nyi$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ni
*** Sinological IPA : /nʲi⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nei$^5$
*** Yale: néih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nei$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: néi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /nei̯¹³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: nei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ⁿdei³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: n$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /n̩²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngì / ǹ / ǹg / nì
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngi$^ˇ$ / n$^ˇ$ / ng$^ˇ$ / ni$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngi$^2$ / n$^2$ / ng$^2$ / ni$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi¹¹/, /n¹¹/, /ŋ̍¹¹/, /ni¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngì / ǹ
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngi$^ˇ$ / n$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngi$^2$ / n$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi¹¹/, /n¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ngi$^2$ / n$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi¹¹/, /n̩¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ni$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ni⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: nī
*** Sinological IPA : /nˡi³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Hsinchu, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí
*** Tâi-lô: lí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lie
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Yilan): /li⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹/
*** IPA (Singapore): /li⁴²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír
*** Tâi-lô: lír
*** IPA (Kinmen): /lɯ⁵³/
*** IPA (Singapore): /lɯ⁴²/
*** IPA (Lukang): /lɨ⁵⁵/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Taipei, Magong, Singapore, Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú
*** Tâi-lô: lú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: luo
*** IPA (Taipei): /lu⁵³/
*** IPA (Penang): /lu⁴⁴⁵/
*** IPA (Singapore): /lu⁴²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ní
*** Tâi-lô: ní
*** Phofsit Daibuun: nie
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /nĩ⁵³/
* lí/lír/lú - vernacular (substitute for 汝);
* ní - literary.

#### Definitions

妳
* (chiefly Taiwanese Mandarin) you (singular, female)
** 妳真是個好人。／你真是个好人。 ― Nǐ zhēnshì ge hǎorén. ― You really are a good person.

##### Usage notes

This character is mostly used in Traditional Chinese when referring to a female person. Although 妳 is rarely used in Simplified Chinese, it may still be found in some contexts.

##### See also

Standard Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns :
| Person | Person | Singular | Plural |
| 1st | — | 我 (wǒ) | 我們／我们 (wǒmen) |
| 1st | inclusive | 我 (wǒ) | 咱們／咱们 (zánmen) |
| 2nd | male/indefinite | 你 (nǐ) | 你們／你们 (nǐmen) |
| 2nd | female | 妳／你 (nǐ) | 妳們／你们 (nǐmen) |
| 2nd | deity | 祢 (nǐ) | 祢們／祢们 (nǐmen) |
| 2nd | polite | 您 (nín) | 你們／你们 (nǐmen) 您們／您们 (nínmen) |
| 3rd | male/indefinite | 他 (tā) | 他們／他们 (tāmen) |
| 3rd | female | 她 (tā) | 她們／她们 (tāmen) |
| 3rd | deity | 祂 (tā) | 祂們／祂们 (tāmen) |
| 3rd | animal | 牠／它 (tā) | 牠們／它们 (tāmen) |
| 3rd | inanimate | 它 (tā) | 它們／它们 (tāmen) |

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 妳 – see 奶 (“breast; milk; breast milk; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 嬭, which is in turn a variant form of 奶).

### Compounds

* 乾阿妳／干阿你
* 妳們／你们
* 小妳妳／小你你
* 芋妳／芋你
* 阿妳／阿你
* 馬妳子／马你子
* 黃妳／黄你

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 妳 |
| Kyūjitai | 嬭 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* Extended shinjitai form of 嬭

#### Readings

* Go-on: ない (nai)、ね (ne)、に (ni)
* Kan-on: だい (dai)、でい (dei)、じ (ji)
* Kun: はは (haha, 妳)、はぐくむ (hagukumu, 妳む)、あね (ane, 妳)