説

説

See also: 說 and 说

説 U+8AAC, 説 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AAC ← 誫 [U+8AAB] CJK Unified Ideographs 読 → [U+8AAD]

Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional	說
Shinjitai	説
Simplified	说

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𡣛

Related characters

• 說 (Traditional form used in Taiwan, also the orthodox form in Kangxi dictionary)

Usage notes

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

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 説 – see 說 (“to say; to speak; to explain; etc.”). (This character, 説, 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.

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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 ɕiuᴇt̚); compare Mandarin 說 (shuō):

• Go-on: せち (sechi)
• Kan-on: せつ (setsu, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 說 (MC ɕiuᴇi^H); compare Mandarin 說 (shuì):

• Go-on: せ (se)
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kan’yō-on: ぜい (zei, Jōyō ^†); せつ (setsu, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 說 (MC jiuᴇt̚); compare Mandarin 說 (yuè):

• Go-on: えち (echi)
• Kan-on: えつ (etsu)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: とく (toku, 説く, Jōyō); よろこぶ (yorokobu, 説ぶ); よろこばしい (yorokobashii, 説ばしい)
• Nanori: あき (aki); かぬ (kanu); かね (kane); こと (koto); さとし (satoshi); つぐ (tsugu); とき (toki); とく (toku); のぶ (nobu); ひさ (hisa)

Compounds

Compounds

• 説(せつ)明(めい) (setsumei): an explanation; to explain
• 説(せっ)得(とく) (settoku): persuasion, persuade
• 説(せっ)得(とく)力(りょく) (settokuryoku): persuasive force, persuasiveness
• 逆(ぎゃく)説(せつ) (gyakusetsu): a paradox
• 仏(ぶっ)説(せつ) (bussetsu): the sayings or teachings of Buddha

Etymology

Kanji in this term
説
せつ Grade: 4
kan’on

Alternative spelling
說 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 說 (MC ɕiuᴇt̚).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) せ​つ [séꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [se̞t͡sɨᵝ]

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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Vietnamese

Han character

説: Hán Nôm readings: thuyết, thót, thốt

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation