谁

shéi

sh+éi·2nd tone

who

Radical: 讠 Strokes: 10 HSK 1

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

语说论词计诗调话记识议谢

Same radical

语说论词计诗调话记识议谢谈证谋

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Character Decomposition

谁=讠+隹

Etymology

speech

Meanings

who

also pr. shuí

shéi

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Words with 谁 49 total

who阿谁ā shuí who would have thought that · who would have expected that谁料shéi liào

Idioms with 谁 8 total Chain

lit. at whose hand will the deer die (idiom) · fig. who will emerge victorious鹿死谁手lù sǐ shéi shǒu