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Etymology
Pictograph of a basket, now written as 箕. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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The character 其 originally depicted a rectangular bamboo winnowing basket on a stand. This agricultural meaning was later transferred to a new character formed by adding the bamboo radical, leaving 其 to be repurposed for its phonetic value. It now primarily functions as a third-person possessive pronoun (his, her, its, their) and a demonstrative pronoun (that, those). 其 is also a common component in compound words expressing probability, suggestion, or emphasis.
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我有其他事情。
其中一本书很有趣。
其实我不喜欢咖啡。
我们讨论其可能性。
他解释了其原因。
在众多选择中，其优点明显。
公司正在评估其市场策略。
科学家研究了其对于环境的影响。