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The character 他 originated in classical Chinese as a general term meaning "other" or "another", often referring to people or things beyond the self. Its structure combines the person radical 亻 with the component 也, which originally served a phonetic function. Over time, the semantic scope of 他 narrowed from indicating otherness in a broad sense to specifically denoting a male third-person pronoun, a shift that aligned with the development of distinct gendered pronouns in the language.
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他喜欢苹果。
他经常跑步。
他今天去学校。
他应该学习。
他和我都是老师。
他说他想回家。
他高兴地接受了礼物。
他虽然很忙，但还是抽时间帮助别人。