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谁shuí

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Shuowen

Who. Composed of 言 (speech) beside 隹 (a short-tailed bird, serving as phonetic), originally depicting one who answers or responds to speech. The character first meant "to answer" or "respond," and through the natural logic of interrogation—asking someone to identify themselves—it shifted to mean "who," the very person being addressed and expected to reply.

Pinyin

shuí· HSK 1