説 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「言」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「言」
- On
- セツ・ゼイせつ・ぜい · setsu · zei
- Kun
- と(く)to(ku)
- Meaning
- explain; theory
Stroke order
Origin
Phonetic-semantic: 言 (words) for meaning and 兌 for sound; to explain with words — 'to explain, theory, opinion.'
Readings and examples
| Onセツせつsetsu | 説明せつめい小説しょうせつ演説えんぜつ |
|---|---|
| Onゼイぜいzei | 遊説ゆうぜい |
| Kunとくtoku | 説くとく |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 説明せつめい
explanation
- 小説しょうせつ
novel
- 伝説でんせつ
- 説得せっとく
- 説諭せつゆ
- 絮説じょせつ
Example
先生が問題の答えを説明します。
The teacher explains the answer to the problem.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)