Zi:你
你 [nǐ] (pr.) you; 你们 you (pl.); 你的 your; cf. 您 nín; (HDZ:) (代词) 第二人称 (cf. 汝)
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►¹nǐ* 你 {A} pr. you ‖ ∼ gàn ∼ de, wǒ gàn wǒ de. ∼干∼的, 我干我的。 You work in your way and I'll work in mine.
The character 你 nǐ ‘you’ combines 亻(人 rén) ‘person’ (2nd person), and 尔(尒) ěr ‘you’ (phonosemantic).
Note: Formerly wr. 尔(尒), as an abbrev. of 爾(𤕨𣙡); later also wr. 您 nín ‘you (polite)’; cf. 女/汝 rǔ ‘you’.
►references: Wieger:18o,35L; Karlgren:AD14; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.137.5; Mathews:4649; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:053.0.03; EDOC:1
►components: 亻尔
►Cantonese: neih/
<cdl char='你' uni='4F60'>
<comp char='亻' uni='4EBB' points='0,0 32,128' />
<comp char='尔' uni='5C14' points='38,4 128,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='亻' uni='4EBB' points='0,0 56,128'>
<stroke type='p' points='128,0 0,64' />
<stroke type='s' points='86,46 86,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='尔' uni='5C14' radical='Z3 K4 D1'>
<comp char='𠂊' uni='2008A' variant='2' points='0,0 128,58' />
<comp char='小' uni='5C0F' points='4,46 128,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='𠂊' uni='2008A' variant='2' points='0,0 128,54' radical='K0'>
<stroke type='p' points='46,0 0,128' tail='long' />
<stroke type='hg' points='34,62 128,62 108,128' head='cut' />
<!-- variant based on [U+E70B](V=0) -->
</cdl>
<cdl char='小' uni='5C0F'>
<stroke type='sg' points='65,0 65,128 30,108' />
<comp char='八' uni='516B' variant='1' points='0,29 128,92' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='八' uni='516B' variant='1' points='0,4 128,124' radical='K0'>
<stroke type='p' points='34,8 0,128' tail='long' />
<stroke type='d' points='89,0 128,124' />
<!-- variant based on [U+EF99](V=0) -->
<!-- 2013-09-04T18:45:35Z -->
</cdl>
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Unicode: U+4F60
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