彼

Glyph origin
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Etymology 1
Related to.

Definitions

 * 1)  that; those
 * 2)  he; she; it

Synonyms




Etymology 2
Related to ; see there for more.

Pronunciation 2 is a fusion word of + ; compare , from  +.

Definitions

 * 1)  that

Definitions

 * 1)  that

Etymology 1
From.

Pronoun

 * 1) distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon

Etymology 2
From. Compound of. Found in the Man'yōshū compiled around 759.

The sense development seems to have proceeded from "that thing over there" to "that person over there [of indeterminate gender]". The specifically male sense of "he" only arose later during the late and early, influenced by translations of texts from European languages.

Pronoun

 * 1) distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon
 * 2) third person pronoun: he, she
 * 3) particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he
 * 4) by extension from he: boyfriend
 * 1) by extension from he: boyfriend
 * 1) by extension from he: boyfriend

Etymology
From.