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Characters, words, pinyin or English

谁 shéi who

shéi (who) and shuí (who) - the same word, not two meanings; shéi is the everyday reading and shuí the formal one most computer voices use

How to remember 谁: 讠 words + 隹 pigeon = who. Angry words fly across the square when a pigeon lands on the mayor's hat, and he shouts "Tell me who fed this bird!"

  • 648. most frequent character
  • HSK 1
  • 10 strokes
  • Radical 言

Component breakdown

谁 = 讠 words + 隹 pigeon

  • 讠 words
  • 隹 pigeon
The Gushi story

Angry words fly across the square when a pigeon lands on the mayor's hat, and he shouts "Tell me who fed this bird!"

How it is used

  • 'Who / whom' - 你是谁? (nǐ shì shéi) who are you? The answer simply drops into 谁's place: 他是老师.
  • Also read shuí, especially in more formal or written speech - same word.

Example sentences

  • 他是谁？ Tā shì shéi?Who is he?
  • 是谁发现了万有引力？ Shì shéi fāxiànle wànyǒu yǐnlì?Who discovered universal gravitation?