說

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說 U+8AAA, 說
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AAA
← 誩
[U+8AA9]		 CJK Unified Ideographs 誫 →
[U+8AAB]
說 U+F96F, 說
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F96F
← 葉
[U+F96E]		 CJK Compatibility Ideographs 殺 →
[U+F970]
說 U+F9A1, 說
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9A1
← 裂
[U+F9A0]		 CJK Compatibility Ideographs 廉 →
[U+F9A2]
See also: 説 and 说

Translingual[edit]

Traditional 說
Shinjitai 説
Simplified 说

Han character[edit]

說 (radical 149 言+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口金口山 (YRCRU), four-corner 08616, composition ⿰言兌)

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 1164, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35556
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1629, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 6, page 3979, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+8AAA

Chinese[edit]

trad. 說/説
simp. 说

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 說
Bamboo and silk script Small seal script
說-silk.svg 說-seal.svg

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hljods, *hljod, *lod): semantic 言 + phonetic 兌 (OC *l'oːds).

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • seh/serh/soeh - vernacular;
  • soat - literary.
Rime
Character 說
Reading # 3/3
Initial (聲) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 薛 (82)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 失爇切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɕiuᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɕʷiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɕjuæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɕwiat̚/
Li
Rong		 /ɕiuɛt̚/
Wang
Li		 /ɕĭuɛt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɕi̯wɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shuo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 說
Reading # 2/3
No. 2571
Phonetic
component		 兑
Rime
group		 月
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 說
Old
Chinese		 /*hljod/

Definitions[edit]

說

  1. to say; to speak
    說漢語 / 说汉语  ―  shuō Hànyǔ  ―  speak Chinese
    說話 / 说话  ―  shuōhuà  ―  to speak
  2. to explain
    把話說清楚 / 把话说清楚  ―  bǎ huà shuō qīngchǔ  ―  to make it clear
  3. to refer to
  4. to discuss
  5. to introduce; to bring parties together
    說媒 / 说媒  ―  shuōméi  ―  to act as a matchmaker
  6. to criticize; to scold; to upbraid
  7. theory; explanation
    學說 / 学说  ―  xuéshuō  ―  theory
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 說 (“to say, to speak”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 言、云、曰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 說
Mandarin Beijing 說
Taiwan 說
Tianjin 說
Jinan 說
Xi'an 說
Wuhan 說
Chengdu 說
Hefei 講
Cantonese Guangzhou 講、話
Hong Kong 講、話
Yangjiang 講、話
Gan Nanchang 話
Hakka Meixian 講、話
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 講
Liudui (S. Sixian) 講
Hsinchu (Hailu) 講
Dongshi (Dabu) 講
Zhuolan (Raoping) 講
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 講
Jin Taiyuan 說
Min Bei Jian'ou 話
Min Dong Fuzhou 講
Min Nan Xiamen 講
Quanzhou 說
Zhangzhou 講
Taipei 講
Chaozhou 呾
Wu Shanghai 講
Suzhou 講、說
Wenzhou 講
Xiang Changsha 講
Shuangfeng 曰、講

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 說

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Rime
Character 說
Reading # 1/3
Initial (聲) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 祭 (36)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 舒芮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɕiuᴇiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɕʷiɛiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɕiuæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɕwiajH/
Li
Rong		 /ɕiuɛiH/
Wang
Li		 /ɕĭwɛiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɕi̯wɛiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shuì
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 說
Reading # 1/3
No. 2552
Phonetic
component		 兑
Rime
group		 祭
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 稅
Old
Chinese		 /*hljods/

Definitions[edit]

說

  1. (literary) to persuade
    說服 / 说服  ―  shuìfú  ―  to persuade

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 說

Etymology 3[edit]

Alternative form of 悅／悦 (yuè).

Pronunciation[edit]

Rime
Character 說
Reading # 2/3
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 薛 (82)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 弋雪切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /jiuᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /jʷiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /juæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /jwiat̚/
Li
Rong		 /iuɛt̚/
Wang
Li		 /jĭuɛt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯wɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yuè
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 說
Reading # 3/3
No. 2577
Phonetic
component		 兑
Rime
group		 月
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 悅
Old
Chinese		 /*lod/

Definitions[edit]

說

  1. (archaic) to delight in; to be happy about
    學而時習之，不亦說乎？ [MSC, trad.]
    学而时习之，不亦说乎？ [MSC, simp.]
    Xué ér shí xí zhī, bù yì yuè hū? [Pinyin]
    Isn't it a thing worthy to be happy about to learn and then study frequently?

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 說

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

說

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. opinion
  2. theory
  3. explanation
  4. rumor

Readings[edit]

Usage notes[edit]

This character lacks essential JIS support and is not used in Japanese. The character 説 (U+8AAC) is used instead.

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

說 • (seol, se, yeol) (hangeul 설, 세, 열, McCune-Reischauer sŏl, se, yŏl, Yale sel, sey, yel)

  1. explain
  2. speak
  3. talk

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

說 (thuyết)

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