Chinese Character 誰 Meanings and components.

Form

誰

Meaning

誰 meaning[3] in English

Who.

Also Pr. [Shui2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 誰 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are words (言) , and short-tailed bird (隹)

Its radical[1] is: 言 (yan2) which means: Words, Speech, To Say, To Talk, .言yan2words

In cangjie it is written with YROG

How to write 誰

To write誰shui2who you should write a combination of 言yan2words , 隹zhui1short-tailed bird arranged in a 吅 shape:

言 + 隹 = 誰

誰 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 誰 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 誰, looks as follow:

誰
Pinyin:shui2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Who . Also Pr. [Shui2]
言
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: Words . Speech . To Say . To Talk
隹
Pinyin:zhui1
Meaning[3]: Short-Tailed Bird

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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