誰

誰 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

who, someone, somebody

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

On (Sino-Japanese)

Kun (native)

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Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言隹

誰だれ（だれ）（人称代名詞不定称）どの人。この世のどの人。who
誰かだれかsomeone, somebody
誰もだれもeveryone, anyone, no one, nobody
誰でもだれでもanyone, anybody, everyone, everybody
誰にもだれにもto anyone, to everyone, by anyone, by everyone
誰にでもだれにでもanyone, anybody, everyone, whoever
誰何すいか誰なのか、姓名が不明であること。何者なのかと問い質すこと。人を呼び咎めること。何者かと問い質す。challenging (an unknown person), asking a person's identity
誰彼だれかれthis or that person, anybody, many people
誰々だれだれso-and-so, who?, which people?
誰人たれびとたれびと。。whichever person (indefinite pronoun), everyone, every person, all
誰得だれとくwho benefits (from that)?, who cares?, who would want that?, who is it meant to appeal to?
誰がたがwhose, who (is, does, etc.)
誰ぞだれぞsomeone, somebody
誰それだれそれa certain someone, Mr So-and-so
誰しもだれしもeveryone, anyone, no one
誰一人だれひとり(not) anyone, (not) a single person, no one, nobody
誰うまだれうまnice!, very good!, so witty!, that's clever
誰知らぬだれしらぬnobody knows
誰が為にたがためにfor whom
誰も彼もだれもかれもeveryone, one and all

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.