其他
qítā · HSK 2
others
👥 其他 = qí (that) + tā (he/it); literally that-other = the others
其 means that/those and 他 means he or other; together they mean the rest or others. Use 其他 before nouns: 其他人 (other people), 其他东西 (other things).
其 — top 八 + winnowing basket 其 (originally 箕)
Originally a pictograph of a bamboo winnowing basket, now written 箕 with the bamboo radical added on top. The original form 其 was borrowed phonetically to write the pronoun and particle meaning 'his/her/its' or 'that.' This loan use became dominant, so a new character 箕 was created for the basket meaning.
他 — person radical 亻 + 也
Originally written 它, depicting a snake, and used as a general third-person pronoun. The person radical 亻 was later added to specify a human referent, while 也 serves as the phonetic component giving the sound tā.