Emaki · all 1,500 words

誰か

だれか

someone

Mnemonic

誰 who, with か on the end so it stops being a question. Not anyone in particular. Just go and ask somebody, anybody: だれか.

Worth knowing

The same か turns 何 into 何か 'something' and どこ into どこか 'somewhere'.

Built from

who
言 speech + 隹 small bird

Words sharing these kanji

This is one of 1,500 words in Emaki, a free spaced repetition trainer with a written mnemonic on every card.

Study 誰か in Emaki

Free, no account needed. Your progress stays in your browser.

Emaki is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Kaishi 1.5k or its authors. The word, reading and meaning come from the Kaishi 1.5k deck, used with their permission. The mnemonic, the note and the kanji breakdown are original work, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.