# 誰 — Who

Frequency rank 335 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 容 (Form), less common than 識 (Discerning).

- On’yomi: すい
- Kun’yomi: だれ、たれ
- Radical: 言 Speech (Kangxi 149)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

You say (言) something and a turkey (隹) answers — but who said that? Who is hiding behind the turkey?

In words:

- 誰 だれ — who
- 誰か だれか — someone,somebody

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