Chinese symbol for “another”
他
tā
(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén))
The closest CC-CEDICT match for another is 他 (tā), defined as: (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “another”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 另 | lìng | other; another |
| 别 (別) | bié | to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish |
| 彼 | bǐ | that; those |
| 另一 | lìng yī | another ...; the other ... |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 他.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 他们 (他們) | tā men | they; them |
| 其他 | qí tā | other; (sth or sb) else |
| 他人 | tā rén | another person; sb else; other people |
| 他妈的 (他媽的) | tā mā de | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking |
| 吉他 | jí tā | (loanword) guitar; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 他杀 (他殺) | tā shā | homicide (law) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “another”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.