説

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See also: 說 and 说
説 U+8AAC, 説
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AAC
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 読 →

Translingual

Stroke order
Traditional 說
Shinjitai 説
Simplified 说

Han character

説 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 難卜口金口 (XYRCR) or 卜口金口山 (YRCRU), composition ⿰訁兑)

Derived characters

Related characters

Usage notes

説 is not encoded in the Big5 character set for traditional Chinese characters.

References

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

Chinese

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 説 – see 說 (“to say; to speak; to explain; etc.”).
(This character is a variant traditional form of 說).

Usage notes

This character is the preferred form used in Hong Kong. It is also the traditional form of 说 used in mainland China.

Japanese

Shinjitai

説

Kyūjitai

說

Kanji

説

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 說)

  1. theory
  2. explanation

Readings

From Middle Chinese 說 (MC sywet); compare Mandarin 說／说 (shuō):

From Middle Chinese 說 (MC sywejH); compare Mandarin 說／说 (shuì):

From Middle Chinese 說 (MC ywet); compare Mandarin 說／说 (yuè):

From native Japanese roots:

Compounds

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
説
せつ
Grade: 4
kan’on
Alternative spelling
說 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 說 (MC sywet).

Pronunciation

Noun

説(せつ) • (setsu) 

  1. theory
    […] という説(せつ)を否(ひ)定(てい)する
    to iu setsu o hitei suru
    reject the theory that

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

説: Hán Nôm readings: thuyết, thót, thốt

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