Kanji 誰 — "Who"
Here is what 誰 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Who" stick.
Also means: Someone
How it is read
すい
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
だれ, たれ, た
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
You heard someone Say something, so you turned around asking Who!? But no one was there — just a Little Bird
- 言 Say
Say and its component Say are one and the same!
- 隹 Little Bird
It's a Bird (鳥) that doesn't have wings yet, feathers haven't grown, it's a Little Bird
Words that use 誰
2 of 2 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 誰 だれ who
- 誰か だれか someone
Want 誰 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
