Example sentences
zhè这shì是shén什me么？
What is this?
zhè这gè个bù不cuò错。
This one is good.
The story behind the character
这
The traditional 這 is 辶 (walking) plus 言 (speech). It originally meant to go up and greet someone. To welcome. Xu Shen wrote 这, 迎也. Only later did it turn into "this." So the "this" in "this one" started out as "walking up to welcome."