設

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See also: 设
設 U+8A2D, 設
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A2D
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Translingual

Stroke order

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

trad. 設
simp. 设
alternative forms 𮘂

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 設
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (設) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
設 *hljed
蔎 *hljed

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *hljed) : semantic 言 + phonetic 埶 (OC *ŋeds). 埶 (yì) in this character initially appears as an ancient short form ⿰𡉣攴 (Jiang, 2019).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • siag4 - Shantou;
  • siêg4 - Chaozhou.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 設
Mandarin Beijing /ʂɤ⁵¹/
Harbin /ʂɤ⁵³/
Tianjin /ʂɤ⁵³/
/sɤ⁵³/
Jinan /ʂə²¹/
Qingdao /ʃə⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /ʂʐ̩ɛ⁵³/
Xi'an /ʂɤ²¹/
Xining /ʂɛ⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ʂə¹³/
Lanzhou /ʂə¹³/
Ürümqi /ʂɤ²¹³/
Wuhan /sɤ²¹³/
Chengdu /se³¹/
Guiyang /sɛ²¹/
Kunming /ʂə³¹/
Nanjing /ʂəʔ⁵/
Hefei /ʂɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /saʔ²/
Pingyao /ʂʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot /saʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /səʔ⁵/
Suzhou /səʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /səʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /sei²¹³/
Hui Shexian /ɕieʔ²¹/
Tunxi /ɕia⁵/
Xiang Changsha /ʂə²⁴/
Xiangtan /ʂe⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /sɛʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /sat̚¹/
Taoyuan /ʃɑt̚²²/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰit̚³/
Nanning /t͡sʰit̚³³/
Hong Kong /t͡sʰit̚³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /siat̚³²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /siɛʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /siɛ²⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /siak̚²/
Haikou (Hainanese) /tit̚⁵/
Rime
Character 設
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 薛 (81)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 識列切
Baxter syet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɕiᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɕiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɕjæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɕiat̚/
Li
Rong 		/ɕiɛt̚/
Wang
Li 		/ɕĭɛt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɕi̯ɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		she
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sit3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 設
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shè
Middle
Chinese 		‹ syet ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋ̊et/
English set up

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 設
Reading # 1/1
No. 11231
Phonetic
component 		設
Rime
group 		月
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		設
Old
Chinese 		/*hljed/

Definitions

設

  1. to put; to place; to lay
  2. to arrange for; to help settle down; to find a place for
  3. to found; to set up; to establish
    設立／设立  ―  shèlì  ―  to establish
  4. to plan and prepare
    設計／设计  ―  shèjì  ―  to design
  5. to assume; to suppose; to presume
  6. (formal) if; in case; supposing
  7. (Mainland China Hokkien) to cheat; to make fun of; to deceive
  8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to set a trap on; to ensnare (someone to be fooled)

Synonyms

  • (to put):
  • (to arrange for):
  • (to found):
  • (to plan and prepare):
  • (to assume):
  • (if):
Dialectal synonyms of 如果 (“if”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 若, 假, 如, 使, 令, 苟, 向, 向使, 向令, 假令, 假使, 誠, 誠使, 倘, 儻, 當使
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 若, 如, 如果, 若果, 果若, 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
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 要是, 要
Taiwan 要是, 要, 如果
Malaysia 如果
Singapore 如果
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 要是
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 要是
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 要是, 假比
Wuhan 要是
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 要是, 要, 假使
Hefei 要是, 倘此, 倘倘
Cantonese Guangzhou 如果, 若果, 若然, 假使間
Hong Kong 如果, 若果, 若然, 若然之, 假使, 假使間, 假如
Macau 假如
Taishan 如果, 若果, 假使
Kaiping (Chikan) 若果
Yangjiang 設若
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 如果
Singapore (Guangfu) 如果
Gan Nanchang 要是, 若是
Lichuan 假使
Hakka Meixian 係話, 若係, 如果
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 若果, 係講, 係話
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 係講, 若係, 假使
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 係講, 係準, 係準講, 準講, 準假, 係若, 若係, 假使, 假詐
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 係講, 若係, 假使
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 準講, 可比, 假使, 係講, 若係, 若係講, 準若講
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 係講, 若係, 假使
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 若係講, 假使, 若講, 係講, 若係
Kuching (Hepo) 假使
Jin Taiyuan 要是
Northern Min Jian'ou 來是, 如果
Pucheng (Shibei) 來是, 如果
Eastern Min Fuzhou 儷是, 若還
Southern Min Xiamen 設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
Quanzhou 設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是
Zhangzhou 設使, 若是, 若, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
Tainan 若是, 若準, 若, 假使, 設使
Penang (Hokkien) 若是, 若準
Singapore (Hokkien) 若是
Manila (Hokkien) 若是, 若, 假使
Chaozhou 若是
Shantou 如果
Jieyang 若, 若是
Singapore (Teochew) 若是
Wenchang 但見, 欲
Haikou 麼是, 設如, 設使
Wu Shanghai 要是, 如果, 假使, 倘然, 倘使, 是得
Suzhou 要, 如果
Wenzhou 若是, 若
Xiang Changsha 要是
Shuangfeng 要是, 要此

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

設

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. establish
  2. set up
  3. prepare

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

設 (eumhun 베풀 설 (bepul seol))

  1. hanja form? of 설 (“establish”)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

設: Hán Việt readings: thiết
設: Nôm readings: thiết, thết, thếp

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References

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