Glossary of Chinese gender and sex terminology - Revision history

Vicky at 21:36, 26 January 2026

2026-01-26T21:36:51Z

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	\| tā		\| tā
	\| A non-binary third-person [[pronoun]], added to the Unicode standard at code point U+323BF in 2025, but not yet rendered by most fonts (One font that does is [https://github.com/lxgw/LxgwWenKai-Lite/releases LxgwWenKai-Lite]. It is composed of “乂” (left) and “也” (right). Due to the technical difficulty of using it, the character has often been written “X也” in the past. (At the same time, a specifically male version – 𲰼, code point U+32C3C – was also added, composed of “男” (meaning “male”, left) and “也” (right). Both characters are listed in Unicode block “[https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U323B0.pdf CJK Unified Ideographs Extension J]”.)		\| A non-binary third-person [[pronoun]], added to the Unicode standard at code point U+323BF in 2025, but not yet rendered by most fonts (One font that does is [https://github.com/lxgw/LxgwWenKai-Lite/releases LxgwWenKai-Lite]). It is composed of “乂” (left) and “也” (right). Due to the technical difficulty of using it, the character has often been written “X也” in the past. (At the same time, a specifically male version – 𲰼, code point U+32C3C – was also added, composed of “男” (meaning “male”, left) and “也” (right). Both characters are listed in Unicode block “[https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U323B0.pdf CJK Unified Ideographs Extension J]”.)
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	\|同性恋		\|同性恋

Vicky: update with font that does render the new character

2026-01-26T21:36:08Z

update with font that does render the new character

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	\| A non-binary third-person [[pronoun]], added to the Unicode standard at code point U+323BF in 2025, but ~~apparently~~ not yet rendered by ~~any~~ font. It is composed of “乂” (left) and “也” (right). Due to the technical difficulty of using it, the character has often been written “X也” in the past. (At the same time, a specifically male version – 𲰼, code point U+32C3C – was also added, composed of “男” (meaning “male”, left) and “也” (right). Both characters are listed in Unicode block “[https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U323B0.pdf CJK Unified Ideographs Extension J]”.)		\| A non-binary third-person [[pronoun]], added to the Unicode standard at code point U+323BF in 2025, but not yet rendered by most fonts (One font that does is [https://github.com/lxgw/LxgwWenKai-Lite/releases LxgwWenKai-Lite]. It is composed of “乂” (left) and “也” (right). Due to the technical difficulty of using it, the character has often been written “X也” in the past. (At the same time, a specifically male version – 𲰼, code point U+32C3C – was also added, composed of “男” (meaning “male”, left) and “也” (right). Both characters are listed in Unicode block “[https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U323B0.pdf CJK Unified Ideographs Extension J]”.)
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	\|同性恋		\|同性恋

Vicky: Chinese character corrected (lookalike but different - see https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%B2%8E%BF)

2025-12-30T21:21:07Z

Chinese character corrected (lookalike but different - see https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%B2%8E%BF)

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	\| 𲎿		\| 𲎿
	\| tā		\| tā
	\| A non-binary third-person [[pronoun]], added to the Unicode standard at code point U+323BF in 2025, but apparently not yet rendered by any font. It is composed of ~~“㐅”~~ (left) and “也” (right). Due to the technical difficulty of using it, the character has often been written “X也” in the past. (At the same time, a specifically male version – 𲰼, code point U+32C3C – was also added, composed of “男” (meaning “male”, left) and “也” (right). Both characters are listed in Unicode block “[https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U323B0.pdf CJK Unified Ideographs Extension J]”.)		\| A non-binary third-person [[pronoun]], added to the Unicode standard at code point U+323BF in 2025, but apparently not yet rendered by any font. It is composed of “乂” (left) and “也” (right). Due to the technical difficulty of using it, the character has often been written “X也” in the past. (At the same time, a specifically male version – 𲰼, code point U+32C3C – was also added, composed of “男” (meaning “male”, left) and “也” (right). Both characters are listed in Unicode block “[https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U323B0.pdf CJK Unified Ideographs Extension J]”.)
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	\|同性恋		\|同性恋

Vicky: External link added

2025-12-26T21:17:11Z

External link added

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	\| A non-binary third-person [[pronoun]], added to the Unicode standard at code point U+323BF in 2025, but apparently not yet rendered by any font. It is composed of “㐅” (left) and “也” (right). Due to the technical difficulty of using it, the character has often been written “X也” in the past. (At the same time, a specifically male version – 𲰼, code point U+32C3C – was also added, composed of “男” (meaning “male”, left) and “也” (right).)		\| A non-binary third-person [[pronoun]], added to the Unicode standard at code point U+323BF in 2025, but apparently not yet rendered by any font. It is composed of “㐅” (left) and “也” (right). Due to the technical difficulty of using it, the character has often been written “X也” in the past. (At the same time, a specifically male version – 𲰼, code point U+32C3C – was also added, composed of “男” (meaning “male”, left) and “也” (right). Both characters are listed in Unicode block “[https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U323B0.pdf CJK Unified Ideographs Extension J]”.)
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Vicky: typo

2025-12-26T20:56:42Z

typo

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	\| A non-binary third-person [[pronoun]], added to the Unicode standard at code point U+323BF in 2025, but apparently not yet rendered by any font. It is composed of “㐅” (left) and “也” (right). Due to the technical difficulty of using it, the character has often been written “X也” in the past. (At the same time, a specifically male version – 𲰼, code point U+32C3C – was also added, composed of of “男” (meaning “male”, left) and “也” (right).)		\| A non-binary third-person [[pronoun]], added to the Unicode standard at code point U+323BF in 2025, but apparently not yet rendered by any font. It is composed of “㐅” (left) and “也” (right). Due to the technical difficulty of using it, the character has often been written “X也” in the past. (At the same time, a specifically male version – 𲰼, code point U+32C3C – was also added, composed of “男” (meaning “male”, left) and “也” (right).)
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	\|同性恋		\|同性恋

Vicky: new Unicode character

2025-12-26T20:55:45Z

new Unicode character

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	\| A third-person [[pronoun]] which was once inclusive (its character has the compound form of 人, or "person"), but its meaning was corrupted to mean "he" after the introduction of 她 (she, with the character for female: 女) and 它 (it). Though they all have the same pronunciation, it does not make Mandarin inclusive when written nowadays.		\| A third-person [[pronoun]] which was once inclusive (its character has the compound form of 人, or "person"), but its meaning was corrupted to mean "he" after the introduction of 她 (she, with the character for female: 女) and 它 (it). Though they all have the same pronunciation, it does not make Mandarin inclusive when written nowadays.
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			\| 𲎿
			\| 𲎿
			\| tā
			\| A non-binary third-person [[pronoun]], added to the Unicode standard at code point U+323BF in 2025, but apparently not yet rendered by any font. It is composed of “㐅” (left) and “也” (right). Due to the technical difficulty of using it, the character has often been written “X也” in the past. (At the same time, a specifically male version – 𲰼, code point U+32C3C – was also added, composed of of “男” (meaning “male”, left) and “也” (right).)
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	\|同性恋		\|同性恋

Antx3: Added terms. Simplified Chinese was available.

2024-09-07T20:13:04Z

Added terms. Simplified Chinese was available.

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	\|T		\|T
	\|ti		\|ti
	\|butch (T for tomboy)		\|butch or masculine lesbian (T for tomboy)
			\|-
			\|长发T
			\|長髮T
			\|cháng fǎ tī
			\|long-haired masculine lesbian
			\|-
			\|百合
			\|百合
			\|bǎi hé
			\|lily, meaning lesbian
	\|-		\|-
	\| 他		\| 他

Antx3: Added terms. Appropriate Simplified Chinese script is not currently available.

2024-09-07T20:05:52Z

Added terms. Appropriate Simplified Chinese script is not currently available.

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 |P
 |pi
-|[[femme]] (in reference to a woman)
+|[[femme]] (in reference to princess-like women)
 |-
 | 人妖
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 |T
 |ti
-|butch
+|butch (T for tomboy)
 |-
 | 他
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 | zìwǒ dìngyì
 | self-definition (can be used in reference to gender)
 |}
 ===External Links===
 * [http://sex.ncu.edu.tw/ Center for the Study of Sexualities]

62.250.144.2: Added the word mandarin, there are many Chinese languages.

2024-06-15T22:28:53Z

Added the word mandarin, there are many Chinese languages.

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	This page lists Chinese terms related to gender and sex. They are sorted according to the Pinyin transcription in alphabetical order, as well as according to the root order of both Simplified and Traditional Chinese. You can change the sort key by clicking the small arrow next to the desired column heading.		This page lists Chinese Mandarin terms related to gender and sex. They are sorted according to the Pinyin transcription in alphabetical order, as well as according to the root order of both Simplified and Traditional Chinese. You can change the sort key by clicking the small arrow next to the desired column heading.

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	* [http://sex.ncu.edu.tw/ Center for the Study of Sexualities]		* [http://sex.ncu.edu.tw/ Center for the Study of Sexualities]
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170826124241/http://leslovestudy.com/liberal-studies/index.shtml 通色．通性-性傾向及性別身份認同通識教材]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170826124241/http://leslovestudy.com/liberal-studies/index.shtml 通色．通性-性傾向及性別身份認同通識教材]
	* [http://transgender-taiwan.org/index.php?title=%E9%A6%96%E9%A0%81 Taiwan Transgender Butterfly Garden]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170617103335/http://transgender-taiwan.org/index.php?title=%E9%A6%96%E9%A0%81 Taiwan Transgender Butterfly Garden]

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