谁
HSK 1
谁 (shuí): who, whom, whose
shuí
who, whom, whose
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Pinyin
shuí
HSK Level
Level 1
Characters
1
English Meaning
who, whom, whose
How to Write 谁 (shuí)
谁 is written in 10 strokes. Follow the stroke order below, drawing each highlighted stroke in turn.
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Origin of 谁
A phono-semantic compound: 讠 (speech) carries the meaning, and 隹 hints at the pronunciation.
What 谁 is Made Of
谁 is built from 2 components:
讠words, speech
隹short-tailed bird
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