設

See also: 设

設	U+8A2D, 設 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A2D

← 訬
[U+8A2C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

訮 →
[U+8A2E]

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 ⿰言殳)

Derived characters

蔎

Descendants

设

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 言 (“speech”) + 殳 (“activity”) – speech and acts.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shè (she⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ
(Chengdu, SP): se²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): cit³
(Taishan, Wiktionary): set²
Gan (Wiktionary): set⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sat
(Meixian, Guangdong): sad⁵
Jin (Wiktionary): sah⁴
Min Bei (KCR): siĕ
Min Dong (BUC): siék
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): siat
(Teochew, Peng'im): siag⁴ / siêg⁴
Wu (Wiktionary): seq (T4)
Xiang (Wiktionary): she⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shè
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shè
  - Wade–Giles: shê⁴
  - Yale: shè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheh
  - Palladius: шэ (šɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: se²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: se
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cit³
  - Yale: chit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: qid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːt̚³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: set²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /set̚⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: set⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛt̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sat
  - Hakka Romanization System: sad`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /sat̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /sat̚¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: sah⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /saʔ²/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siĕ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɛ²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siék
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɛʔ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siat
  - Tâi-lô: siat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siad
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛt̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ɕiɛt̚⁵/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siag⁴ / siêg⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siak / siek
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siak̚²/, /siek̚²/

Note:

siag4 - Shantou;
siêg4 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: seq (T4)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /səʔ⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: she⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʂɤ̞²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /sɤ̞²⁴/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 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/
Hui	Tunxi	/ɕia⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʂə²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ʂe⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/sɛʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/sat̚¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/ʃɑt̚²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰit̚³/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰit̚³³/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰit̚³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/siat̚³²/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/siɛʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/siɛ²⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/siak̚²/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/tit̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: /ɕiᴇt̚/

Rime
Character	設
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	仙 (81)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	識列切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiat̚/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛt̚/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	she
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sit³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ̊et/
(Zhengzhang): /*hljed/

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. [t] 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

to set up; to arrange
to establish; to found
設立／设立 ― shèlì ― to establish
to plan; to design
設計／设计 ― shèjì ― to design
if; in case; supposing

Compounds

Derived terms from 設

不堪設想／不堪设想 (bùkānshèxiǎng)
五大建設／五大建设
交通建設／交通建设
假設／假设 (jiǎshè)
公共建設／公共建设
公共設施／公共设施
冷氣設備／冷气设备
前設／前设
創設／创设 (chuàngshè)
包裝設計／包装设计
十大建設／十大建设
周邊設備／周边设备 (zhōubiān shèbèi)
商業設計／商业设计
國家建設／国家建设 (guójiā jiànshè)
埋設／埋设 (máishè)
基層建設／基层建设
增設／增设 (zēngshè)
夜視設備／夜视设备
大設設／大设设
天授地設／天授地设
天生地設／天生地设
天造地設／天造地设 (tiānzàodìshè)
安設／安设 (ānshè)
室內設計／室内设计 (shìnèi shèjì)
封面設計／封面设计
工業設計／工业设计 (gōngyè shèjì)
工程設計／工程设计
常設／常设 (chángshè)
建設／建设 (jiànshè)
建設公債／建设公债
建設局／建设局
建設廳／建设厅
建設性／建设性 (jiànshèxìng)
形同虛設／形同虚设 (xíngtóngxūshè)
心理建設／心理建设
怕人設設／怕人设设
想方設法／想方设法 (xiǎngfāngshèfǎ)
懶設設／懒设设
排設／排设
擬設／拟设
擺設／摆设 (bǎishè)
擺設兒／摆设儿 (bǎisher)
政治建設／政治建设

敷設／敷设
施謀設計／施谋设计
服裝設計／服装设计
架設／架设 (jiàshè)
機器設備／机器设备
櫥窗設計／橱窗设计
消防設備／消防设备
版面設計／版面设计
物質建設／物质建设
犒設／犒设
理論假設／理论假设
環境設計／环境设计
畫策設謀／画策设谋
省政建設／省政建设
破設設／破设设
社會建設／社会建设
神施鬼設／神施鬼设
神道設教／神道设教
程式設計／程式设计
空調設備／空调设备
籌設／筹设
系統設計／系统设计
經濟建設／经济建设
編輯設計／编辑设计
美術設計／美术设计
虛設／虚设 (xūshè)
衛浴設備／卫浴设备
衛生設備／卫生设备 (wèishēng shèbèi)
裝設／装设 (zhuāngshè)
設伏／设伏
設位／设位
設使／设使 (shèshǐ)
設備／设备 (shèbèi)
設問／设问 (shèwèn)
設奠／设奠
設定／设定 (shèdìng)
設定質權／设定质权
設宴／设宴 (shèyàn)
設局／设局 (shèjú)
設帨／设帨
設帨佳辰／设帨佳辰
設席／设席

設席張筵／设席张筵
設帳／设帐
設廠／设厂
設弧／设弧
設張舉措／设张举措
設心／设心 (shèxīn)
設想／设想 (shèxiǎng)
設或／设或
設施／设施 (shèshī)
設朝升殿／设朝升殿
設法／设法 (shèfǎ)
設疑／设疑
設立／设立 (shèlì)
設籍／设籍
設置／设置 (shèzhì)
設色／设色
設若／设若 (shèruò)
設言托意／设言托意
設計／设计 (shèjì)
設計圖／设计图 (shèjìtú)
設計師／设计师 (shèjìshī)
設論／设论
設身處地／设身处地 (shèshēnchǔdì)
設辭／设辞
設醮／设醮
設防／设防 (shèfáng)
設限／设限 (shèxiàn)
設險／设险
設靈／设灵
設鼓懸鐘／设鼓悬钟
軍事設施／军事设施
邏輯設計／逻辑设计
醴酒不設／醴酒不设
鋪設／铺设 (pūshè)
開設／开设 (kāishè)
防火設備／防火设备
防震設計／防震设计
附設／附设 (fùshè)
陳設／陈设 (chénshè)
電化設備／电化设备
電氣設備／电气设备
預設／预设 (yùshè)

Japanese

Kanji

設

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

establish
set up
prepare

Readings

Go-on: せち (sechi)
Kan-on: せつ (setsu, Jōyō)
Kun: もうける (mōkeru, 設ける, Jōyō); しつらえる (shitsuraeru, 設える); もし (moshi)

Compounds

設定(せってい) (settei): setup, creation, settings
増設(ぞうせつ) (zōsetsu): expansion

Korean

Hanja

設 (eumhun 베풀 설 (bepul seol))

Hanja form^? of 설 (“establish”).

Compounds

설정 (設定, seoljeong, “setup; establishment; creation; setting”)
설립 (設立, seollip, “establishment; foundation; incorporation”)
설계 (設計, seolgye, “plan; design”)

Vietnamese

Han character

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

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設

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Japanese

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