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Ok but in writing you do, at least if you're my college professors and want to make your students sad
他 third person singular, neutral 她 she 它 it (non-human, especially inanimate) 牠 it (animal) 祂 third person singular (divine)
Chinese also has words for he.
That's literally the first one he mentions
Tbf he mentions neutral, but it's both