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Kanji 誰: meanings, readings, and example words.

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Kanji 誰: who, someone, somebody

Key takeaways

Kanji 誰: who, someone, somebody. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

誰
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Meaning

whosomeonesomebody

On reading

すい

Kun reading

だれたれた

Radical

言

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 誰

who, someone, somebody

Kanji structure breakdown

誰

Structure breakdown

言 + 隹

Mnemonic story

Mnemonic story

Imagine using words (言) to ask a stranger, who is as elusive as a bird (隹), who they are. It depicts the act of speaking to someone to find out 'who' they are.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

Kun reading

だれ
  • 誰だれ

    who

  • 誰かだれか

    someone / somebody

Commonly used words

  • 誰
    だれ

    who

  • 誰か
    だれか

    someone / somebody

Example sentences

Example 1

これはだれのかばんですか?

Translation

Whose bag is this?

Example 2

だれがきましたか?

Translation

Who came?

Example 3

だれかがドアをたたいています。

Translation

Someone is knocking on the door.

Example 4

だれかのくつがここにあります。

Translation

There are someone's shoes here.

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