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24 Dec 2017
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Is there a Kanji for あなた？
Is there a Kanji for あなた？
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@necomanma Which one of them is more relevent?
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Yeah, but the hiragana is used mostly
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貴女you say to women
貴男you say to wen
貴方is you can say both
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Yes, it's 貴方 or 貴女.
You can use 貴方(anata) for both male and female, but 貴女(anata) for female only.
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The Kanjis for "あなた" was originated from "彼方（あなた）," which is also pronounced in modern Japanese as "かなた."
This word itself means a place far from someone (me or someone else).
The word "貴方(あなた)" first began to be used for a person, especially in Kabuki, a classical Japanese dance-drama.
In the early days, Kanji for "あなた" was often used in a honorific sense, but recently, the Kanji is not necessarily used in this sense.
As to Kanji, "貴方(あなた)" is used both for male and female.
"貴男" is used only for a man and "貴女" only for a woman.
As you may know, 男 means a boy/man and 女 means a girl/woman.
Each of "貴方," "貴男," and "貴女" is used as a "single" noun.
If you want to use this as the plural, then "あなた方（あなたがた）."
It can be written as, for example, "貴方方" but we usually do not use this.
Hiragana is more commonly used when "あなた" means "YOU."
Sometimes, Kanji is used for some reasons.
Besides, there were/are wives who call their husbands "あなた" in which case "あなた" is usually in Hiragana.
We don't use "貴男" even though the husband is a man.
Hope this helps you.
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