設

See also 设

Translingual

Stroke order

simpl.		设
trad.		設

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 言 + 殳 – speech and acts.

Han character

設 (radical 149 言+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹弓水 (YRHNE), four-corner 0764₇, composition ⿰言殳)

1. build
2. establish
3. display
4. particle of hypothesis, supposing

Descendants

• 设

References

• KangXi: page 1151, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35293
• Dae Jaweon: page 1617, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3950, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8A2D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

設 (simplified 设, Yale chit3)

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Japanese

Kanji

設 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: せつ (setsu), せち (sechi)
• Kun: もうける (moukeru), しつらえる (shitsuraeru), もし (moshi)

Compounds

• 設定 (せってい, settei, “setup, creation, settings”)

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Korean

Hanja

設 (hangeul 설, revised seol, McCune-Reischauer sŏl, Yale sel)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

設 (simplified 设, pinyin hǔ (hu3), shè (she4), Wade-Giles hu³, she⁴)

Compounds

• 設計

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Vietnamese

Han character

設 (thiết, thết, thếp)