Dong Chinese dictionary

shuí, shéi

who? whom? whose? anyone?

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 隹 represents the sound.

Components

言 Meaning component

yán

speech

隹 Sound component

zhuī

bird

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

shuí

who? whom? whose? anyone?

shéi

who; also pr. [shuí]

Most common words with 誰

Sources