Radical 讠

10 strokes

誰

words 讠 (67c) + pigeon 隹 (501a) = who? 谁

This also has the (colloquial) pronunciation shéi.

[谁的 (23) shuíde whose?]

(In the dusty tomb) The pigeon writes words in the dust with his beak, asking “Who is in the tomb?” / The ghostly fairy who guards the tomb answers, “The sheikh.”

This is a picture of a bird, but looks like a composite character made up of “person” plus “lord with an extra stroke”. Feel free to make up a story along these lines if you like. (also, compare this character with “to live in”, Character 298).