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Translingual
Stroke order
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Han character
設 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹弓水 (YRHNE), four-corner 07647, composition ⿰訁殳)
Derived characters
Descendants
Further reading
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1151, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35293
- Dae Jaweon: page 1617, character 26
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3950, character 5
- Unihan data for U+8A2D
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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設
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*hljed
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蔎
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*hljed
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Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 言 (“speech”) + 殳 (“activity”) – speech and acts.
Pronunciation
Note:
- siag4 - Shantou;
- siêg4 - Chaozhou.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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設
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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shè
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Middle Chinese
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‹ syet ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ŋ̊et/
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English
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set up
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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設
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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11231
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Phonetic component
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設
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Rime group
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月
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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設
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Old Chinese
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/*hljed/
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Definitions
設
- to put; to place; to lay
- to arrange for; to help settle down; to find a place for
- to found; to set up; to establish
- 設立/设立 ― shèlì ― to establish
- to plan and prepare
- 設計/设计 ― shèjì ― to design
- to assume; to suppose; to presume
- (formal) if; in case; supposing
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to cheat; to make fun of; to deceive
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to set a trap on; to ensnare (someone to be fooled)
Synonyms
- 估計/估计 (gūjì)
- 估量
- 假定 (jiǎdìng)
- 假想 (jiǎxiǎng)
- 假設/假设 (jiǎshè)
- 商量 (shāngliàng) (Classical Chinese)
- 嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
- 忖度 (cǔnduó) (literary)
- 思裁 (sīcái) (literary)
- 想象 (xiǎngxiàng)
- 懸/悬 (xuán) (literary, or in compounds)
- 懸想/悬想 (xuánxiǎng)
- 懷疑/怀疑 (huáiyí)
- 打估 (Southern Pinghua)
- 推想 (tuīxiǎng)
- 推測/推测 (tuīcè)
- 掠算 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 揣度 (formal)
- 擬/拟 (nǐ)
- 母量 (mu3 liong) (Gan)
- 派胚 (Hokkien)
- 測/测 (cè) (literary, or in compounds)
- 測估/测估 (cègū)
- 測度/测度 (cèduó)
- 測算/测算 (cèsuàn)
- 猜 (cāi)
- 猜度 (cāiduó)
- 猜想 (cāixiǎng)
- 猜摸 (cāimo)
- 猜料 (cāiliào)
- 猜測/猜测 (cāicè)
- 猜詳/猜详 (cāixiáng)
- 算 (suàn)
- 算計/算计 (suànjì)
- 約摸/约摸 (yuēmo)
- 臭疑 (Hokkien)
- 臭青疑 (Hokkien)
- 虛擬/虚拟 (xūnǐ)
- 要約/要约 (iau3 ieh4) (Jin)
- 設想/设想 (shèxiǎng)
- 跋胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 辦胚/办胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 阿合 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 青疑 (Hokkien)
- 預計/预计 (yùjì)
Dialectal synonyms of
如果 (“if”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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若, 假, 如, 使, 令, 苟, 向, 向使, 向令, 假令, 假使, 誠, 誠使, 倘, 儻, 當使
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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若, 如, 如果, 若果, 假如, 假若, 假使, 假設, 倘若, 倘或, 倘然, 倘使, 若是, 若然, 設若, 設使, 設令, 設或, 設
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Mandarin
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Beijing
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要是, 要
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Taiwan
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要是, 要, 如果
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Jinan
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要是
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Xi'an
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要是
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Wuhan
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要是
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Chengdu
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要是, 假比
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Yangzhou
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要是, 要, 假使
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Hefei
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要是, 倘此, 倘倘
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Malaysia
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如果
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Singapore
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如果
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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如果, 若果, 若然, 假使間
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Hong Kong
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如果, 若果, 若然, 若然之, 假使, 假使間, 假如
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Macau
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假如
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Taishan
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如果, 假使
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Yangjiang
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設若
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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如果
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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如果
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Gan
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Nanchang
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要是, 若是
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Lichuan
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假使
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Hakka
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Meixian
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係話, 若係, 如果
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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若果, 係講, 係話
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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係講, 若係, 假使
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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係講, 係準, 係準講, 準講, 準假, 係若, 若係, 假使, 假詐
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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係講, 若係, 假使
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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準講, 可比, 假使, 係講, 若係, 若係講, 準若講
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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係講, 若係, 假使
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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若係講, 假使, 若講, 係講, 若係
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Kuching (Hepo)
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假使
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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要是
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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來是, 如果
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Pucheng (Shibei)
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來是, 如果
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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儷是, 若還
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
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Quanzhou
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設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是
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Zhangzhou
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設使, 若是, 若, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
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Tainan
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若是, 若準, 若, 假使, 設使
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Penang (Hokkien)
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若是, 若準
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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若是
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Manila (Hokkien)
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若是, 若, 假使
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Chaozhou
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若是
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Shantou
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如果
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Jieyang
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若, 若是
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Singapore (Teochew)
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若是
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Wu
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Shanghai
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要是, 如果, 假使, 倘然, 倘使, 是得
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Suzhou
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要, 如果
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Wenzhou
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若是, 若
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Xiang
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Changsha
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要是
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Shuangfeng
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要是, 要此
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
設
(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- establish
- set up
- prepare
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
設 (eumhun 베풀 설 (bepul seol))
- Hanja form? of 설 (“establish”).
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
設: Hán Việt readings: thiết
設: Nôm readings: thiết, thết, thếp
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