说

See also: 說 and 説

说 U+8BF4, 说 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8BF4 ← 诳 [U+8BF3] CJK Unified Ideographs 诵 → [U+8BF5]

Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional	說
Shinjitai	説
Simplified	说

Han character

说 (Kangxi radical 149, 讠+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈女金口山 (IVCRU), four-corner 3871₂, composition ⿰讠兑)

Related characters

• 說 (Orthodox traditional form used in Taiwan)
• 説 (Traditional form used in Hong Kong, mainland China and Japan)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1188, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3979, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8BF4

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 説 (訁 (yán) → 讠).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 说 – see 說 (“to say; to speak; to explain; etc.”). (This character, 说, is the simplified form of 說.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.