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誰

who
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingスイ
Kun readingだれ、たれ、た
JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. who
    彼は辺りを見回したが誰もいなかった。He looked around, but he saw no one.tatoeba
    海内誰か之を悲歎せざらん。Who would not lament the destruction of our temple?wiki
  2. someone
  3. somebody
  4. who?RtK

Popular Usage

誰か

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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who · say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口) · turkey

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 598

Compound words

誰かだれか
someone; somebody
誰もだれも
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
誰でもだれでも
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
誰にもだれにも
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone
誰にでもだれにでも
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
誰何すいか
challenging (an unknown person)
誰某だれそれ
a certain someone
誰がしだれそれ
a certain someone
誰それだれそれ
a certain someone
誰知らぬだれしらぬ
nobody knows
誰彼なしにだれかれなしに
to whomever
誰彼無しにだれかれなしに
to whomever

Additional Examples

彼は物理では誰にも劣らない。
He is second to none in physics.tatoeba
彼は部屋に入ってきた誰にでも話しかけた。
He spoke to whoever came into the room.tatoeba
彼は父親にそっくりだと誰もが言っている。
Everyone says that he is the very image of his father.tatoeba
すると残る大部分の兵は誰かが率いたことになる。
If we assume that this is true, someone else must have been in command of the emaining majority of troops.wiki

Stroke Order

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