説

See also 說, 说, and 講

Translingual

Stroke order

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shinjitai	説
simplified	说
traditional	說

Han character

説 (radical 149 言+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input X卜口金口 (XYRCR), 卜口金口山 (YRCRU))

1. speak, opinion, theory

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1165, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35556
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3979, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8AAC

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Japanese

Kanji

説 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: せつ (setsu), ぜい (zei), えつ (etsu)
• Kun: とく (toku), よろこぶ (yorokobu)

Compounds

• 逆説 (ぎゃくせつ, gyakusetsu): a paradox

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Korean

Hanja

説 (hangeul 설, 세, 열, revised seol, se, yeol, McCune-Reischauer sŏl, se, yŏl, Yale sel, sey, yel)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

説 (simplified 说, pinyin shuō (shuo1), Wade-Giles shuo¹)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

説 (*shiuɛt, shiuɛ̀i)

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Vietnamese

Han character

説 (thuyết, thót, thốt)