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Kanji Detail for 誰 - "who, anyone"

  • Meaning

    誰 means "who, anyone." Also associated with that.

    1. Who - Someone; a person (interrogative or indefinite).

    2. Anyone - Whoever; any person.

  • Words using

    • 誰か だれか Listen someone; somebody
    • 誰も だれも Listen everyone; anyone; no one
    • 誰でも だれでも Listen anyone; anybody; everyone
    • 誰にも だれにも Listen to anyone; to everyone; by anyone
    • 誰にでも だれにでも Listen anyone; anybody; everyone
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    • Verified meaning: who, anyone
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: that

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    who; someone; somebody

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    who? whom? whose? anyone?

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    who; also pr. [shui2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    who? whom? whose? anyone?

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    What. A word for questioning when the name is unknown. Such as common speech says 姓甚名誰 (what surname and what name). | Who. Like saying what person. Such as questioning is called 誰何, meaning asking who.
  • Onyomi

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  • Kunyomi

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  • Strokes

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Sentences including

  • I don't want to see anybody today.

  • Nobody can live by himself.

  • Someone called on her yesterday.

  • He promised me that he won't tell anybody.

  • No one's frightened of playing it.

  • The question is who will make the decision.

  • Does anyone feel sick?

  • Who has found a lost dog?

  • No one took notice of him.

  • None can get away from death.

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