Chinese Character 谁 Meanings and components.

Form

谁

Meaning

谁 meaning[3] in English

Who.

Also Pr. [Shui2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 谁 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'speech' or 'words' … (讠) , 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 IVOG

How to write 谁

To write谁shui2who you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 隹zhui1short-tailed bird arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 隹 = 谁

谁 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

谁
Pinyin:shui2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Who . Also Pr. [Shui2]
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
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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