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誰 = 言 + 隹

誰 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “who?”. It is built from 言 (say) and 隹 (short-tailed bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 598.

Keyword
who?
RTK frame
598
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
スイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
だれ, たれ, た
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
who, кто?
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
誰 who? whom? whose? anyone?

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 言 say
  2. 隹 short-tailed bird

How to find 誰 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “say” + “short-tailed bird”. 誰 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 誰 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.