shéi

who

also pr. [shui2]

speech (讠) + [sound: shéi] (隹) = who

The speech radical anchors this as a spoken question — the word you use to ask about a person. 隹 (a bird) mainly contributes the sound shéi; it carries no meaning here.

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SpeechSemantic
A short-tailed birdPhonetic

Words with 谁

阿谁

ā shuí

who

鹿死谁手

lù sǐ shéi shǒu

lit. at whose hand will the deer die (idiom)

人谁无过

rén shéi wú guò

Everyone makes mistakes (idiom)

爱谁谁

ài shéi shéi

(coll.) whatever

没谁了

méi séi le

(coll.) nobody can beat that; extraordinary; remarkable

花落谁家

huā luò shéi jiā

who will be the winner?

谁人乐队

shéi rén yuè duì

The Who (1960s UK rock band)

谁怕谁

shéi pà shéi

bring it on!; who's afraid?

谁料

shéi liào

who would have thought that

谁知

shéi zhī

who would have thought

谁知道

shéi zhī dào

God knows...

谁笑到最后,谁笑得最好

shéi xiào dào zuì hòu , shéi xiào dé zuì hǎo

He laughs best who laughs last.

More characters with 讠