What does 누구 mean?
누구 means "Who?" in Korean.
How it works here
누구 asks which person someone is, and -세요 makes the question polite.
When it's used
Used to ask or check who an unfamiliar person is.
The line
누구세요?
Who is it?
A polite question asking the identity of someone unfamiliar.
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More examples
문 앞에 서 있는 분이 누구인지 모르겠어요.
I don’t know who the person standing at the door is.
저기 계신 분은 누구예요?
Who is the person over there?
Quick check
What does this mean here?
누구
누구세요?
Who is it?
- A word used to ask about a place
- A word used to ask about a person
- A word used to ask about a reason
- A word used to ask about time
Show the answer
A word used to ask about a person
누구 is a pronoun used naturally in questions such as 누구예요? and 누구세요?
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