TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
她
ㄊㄚ · tā
pron — she, her
字源 FORM — what the parts do
≠yě → tā — the reading rides on 他, not on 也
他 with the person (亻) traded for a woman (女) — she. The character is young: coined in the 1910s, when translators needed a written she and 他 had been serving for everyone.
意 · Meanings
(本義)她— she常用
→她們— they — she, in the plural
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension