The written form was neutral until Western influence inspired the creation of a female version, replacing the first radical “person” with “woman”.
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bystander@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
In Chinese, verbally the world for he, she, and it are all the same pronunciation. It is only differentiated in writing.
stray@pawb.social 5 hours ago
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 6 minutes ago
I think some Chinese forums use “TA” (as in the 2 English letters) to be gender neutral
Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.de 3 hours ago
Don’t forget the word 祂 for divine beings as the 4th