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he

5 strokes

Where the shape comes from

A person, 亻, with 也, which gives the sound.

person
sound

Write it

Watch the order first, then trace it with the guide, then write it from memory. The model comes back over your strokes so you can see where the shape drifted.

Press Watch to see the stroke order.

Stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi via Hanzi Writer, Arphic Public License.

Three words that use it

他们menthey
他的 dehis
其他other

Watch out

The mistake people make

Using 他 for she. 她 swaps the person for 女, woman. Spoken, the two are identical.