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

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Translingual

Traditional	說
Shinjitai	説
Simplified	说

Han character

説 (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: 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

Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. theory


2. explanation

Readings

• 
  Go-on: えち (echi); せ (se); せち (sechi)
  


• 
  Kan-on: えつ (etsu); せい (sei); せつ (setsu, Jōyō)
  


• 
  Kan’yō-on: ぜい (zei, Jōyō, uncommon)
  


• 
  Kun: とく (toku, 説く, Jōyō)
  


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  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).mw-parser-output .jouyou-readingbackground-color:rgb(224,255,255);background-color:rgba(224,255,255,0.5)
  

Compounds

Etymology

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

From Middle Chinese 說 (MC ɕiuᴇt̚).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

説 (hiragana せつ, rōmaji 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

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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