Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
who, someone, somebody
Kun:
だれたれ
On:
スイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1933 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 誰何 【スイカ】 challenging (an unknown person), asking a person's identity

Kun reading compounds

  • 誰 【だれ】 who
  • 誰か 【だれか】 someone, somebody
  • どこの誰 【どこのだれ】 who the heck, just who
  • 誰々 【だれだれ】 so-and-so, who?, which people?
  • 誰 【だれ】 who
  • 誰彼 【だれかれ】 this or that person, anybody, many people
  • 誰 【だれ】 who
  • 誰が為に 【たがために】 for whom

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shui2, shei2
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • quién
  • alguien

Portuguese

French

  • qui
  • quelqu'un
1652 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4384 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1747 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
81 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1986 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1429 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
563 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35586 Morohashi
1578 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5642 New Nelson (John Haig)
2712 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
598 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
484 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
7a8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-8 SKIP code
0061.4 Four corner code
1-35-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ab0 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
what
Kun:
なになんなに-なん-
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
340 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 非可換幾何 【ヒカカンキカ】 noncommutative geometry, NCG

Kun reading compounds

  • 何 【なに】 what, you-know-what, that thing, whatsit, whachamacallit, what's-his-name, what's-her-name, penis, (one's) thing, dick, (not) at all, (not) in the slightest, what?, huh?, hey!, come on!, oh, no (it's fine), why (it's nothing), oh (certainly not)
  • 何か 【なにか】 something, some, any, somehow, for some reason, (so) what (are you trying to say)?, what (do you mean)?
  • 何々 【なになに】 what, so-and-so, such and such, something (or other), what?, wait, hang on, well, well, let's see, no, oh (not at all), please, there, there
  • 何 【なん】 what, how many, many, a lot of, several, a few, some
  • 何か 【なにか】 something, some, any, somehow, for some reason, (so) what (are you trying to say)?, what (do you mean)?

Readings

Japanese names:
あが
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
he2, he4
Korean:
ha

Spanish

  • qué

Portuguese

  • que

French

  • quoi
51 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
86 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
80 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
471 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
409 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
254 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
15 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
513 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
390 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
392 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
80 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
73 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
73 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
45 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
48 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1021 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
511 Morohashi
65 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
169 New Nelson (John Haig)
1012 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1087 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
43 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
137 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2149 2001 Kanji
2a5.21 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
3-4-3 SKIP code
2122.0 Four corner code
1-18-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f55 Unicode hex code