它

Glyph origin

 * a snake. This is now written as the derivative.

The character was later borrowed for the then-homophonous third-person pronoun (“he/she/it”). Today is used for male or gender-unspecified “he” and  for “she”.

Definitions

 * 1) ; it
 * 2)  ; it
 * 3)  ; he; she; they (singular); it
 * 4) crooked; evil
 * 1) crooked; evil
 * 1) crooked; evil
 * 1) crooked; evil
 * 1) crooked; evil

Usage notes

 * In traditional Chinese, there is generally a distinction between and ; the former refers exclusively to inanimate objects, while the latter refers exclusively to animals.
 * In simplified Chinese, only is used for both inanimate objects and animals.