説せつ

See also: 說せつ and 说

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

Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional	說せつ
Shinjitai	説せつ
Simplified	说

Han character

説せつ (Kangxi radical 149, 言げん+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 難なん卜ぼく口こう金口きんぐち (XYRCR) or 卜ぼく口金くちがね口山くちやま (YRCRU), composition ⿰訁兑)

Derived characters

• 𡣛, 𧭚

Related characters

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

Usage notes

説せつ 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 説せつ – see 說せつ (“to say; to speak; to explain; etc.”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 說せつ).

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	説せつ
Kyūjitai	說せつ

Kanji

説せつ

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 說せつ)

1. theory
2. explanation

Readings

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

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

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

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

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

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

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: とく (toku, 説とく, Jōyō)、よろこぶ (yorokobu, 説せつぶ)、よろこばしい (yorokobashii, 説せつばしい)
• 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(せつ)明あきら(めい) (setsumei): an explanation; to explain
• 説せつ(せっ)得とく(とく) (settoku): persuasion, persuade
• 説せつ(せっ)得とく(とく)力ちから(りょく) (settokuryoku): persuasive force, persuasiveness
• 逆ぎゃく(ぎゃく)説せつ(せつ) (gyakusetsu): a paradox
• 仏ふつ(ぶっ)説せつ(せつ) (bussetsu): the sayings or teachings of Buddha

Etymology

Kanji in this term
説せつ
せつ Grade: 4
kan'on

Alternative spelling
說せつ (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 說せつ (MC sywet).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せつ [séꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [se̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

説せつ(せつ) • (setsu) 

1. theory

   […] という説せつ(せつ)を否いや(ひ)定じょう(てい)する

   […] to iu setsu o hitei suru

   reject the theory that […]

Korean

Hanja

説せつ • (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

説せつ: Hán Nôm readings: thuyết, thót, thốt

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References

• Nom Foundation