How to Write 她 (tā) — Meaning “She”

Picture a woman (女) standing next to a hook (也 looks like a hook). The hook reminds you that "she" can "hook" your attention, or think "a woman, also (也) a person" to remember the feminine pronoun.

Write the left radical 女 first with three strokes—slant, slant, horizontal—keeping it narrow. Then add 也 with three strokes: horizontal hook, vertical, and vertical hook. A common mistake is making 女 too wide or forgetting the small loop at the top of 也's hook.

The right side differs: 她 has 也, 奴 has 又 (hand), and 奶 has 乃 (a shape like a bent line). Also, 奴 means "slave," 奶 means "milk" or "breast," while 她 is solely the feminine pronoun "she" or "her."

她 is the standard third-person pronoun for females, used in both writing and speech. You'll see it in phrases like 她们 (they, female group) and 她的 (her/hers). It's important to use 她 specifically for women and girls, unlike older texts where 他 was used for everyone.

Common words containing 她 include: 她们 (tā men) — They (referring to females); 她家 (tā jiā) — Her home / Her family.; 她的 (tā de) — Her / Hers.