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你(亻+尓

你(nǐ):means “you”, has 5 strokes,the left part is a radical related with “man/human/male”, the right part 尓(ěr)is used in ancient China means “you” , you always see 尓(ěr)instead of  in articles written by ancient people.


我(

我(wǒ):both of the subject “I” and  object “me” is called in Chinese.


他(亻+也

她(女+也

他(tā)vs 她(tā): he” is also different from she in Chinese, for he has a radical  related with “man”, and “she” has a radical called 女(nǚ )related with “female”


它(宀+匕

它(tā):“it” is also called “tā”, the meaning is the same with “it” in English, used for other things except human.