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U+8AAA, 說
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AAA

[U+8AA9]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8AAB]
U+F96F, 說
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F96F

[U+F96E]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+F970]
U+F9A1, 說
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9A1

[U+F9A0]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+F9A2]

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

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

Derived characters

  • 𡁾, 𧭚

References

  • 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

trad. /
simp.
variant forms

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu Slip and silk script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*l̥ʰoːds
*l'oːds, *l̥ʰoːds, *hljods, *lod, *lod
*l̥ʰoːds, *lod
*l̥ʰoːds
*l̥ʰoːds, *hljods
*l'oːds
*l'oːds
*l'oːds, *lods
*stʰods, *hljods
*hljods
*hljods, *hljod, *lod
*hljods
*rtʰoːd
*l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd
*l̥ʰoːd
*l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd
*l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd
*l̥ʰoːd, *ʔljod, *l̥ʰuːd
*l'oːd
*l'oːd
*l'oːd
*lod, *lod
*lod

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

Pronunciation 1


Note:
  • seh/serh/soeh - vernacular;
  • soat - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 3/3
Initial () (26)
Final () (82)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
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
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shuō
Middle
Chinese
‹ sywet ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ot/
English speak, explain

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/3
No. 2571
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hljod/

Definitions

  1. to say; to speak
    漢語 / 汉语   shuō Hànyǔ   speak Chinese
    /    shuōhuà   to speak
  2. to explain
    清楚 / 清楚   bǎ huà shuō qīngchǔ   to make it clear
  3. to refer to
  4. to discuss
  5. to introduce; to bring parties together
    /    shuōméi   to act as a matchmaker
  6. to criticize; to scold; to upbraid
    怎麼天天 [MSC, trad.]
    怎么天天 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ zěnme tiāntiān dōu shuō wǒ? [Pinyin]
    Why do you constantly criticize me?
  7. theory; explanation
    /    xuéshuō   theory
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of (“to say, to speak”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese , ,
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
Mandarin Beijing
Taiwan
Tianjin
Jinan
Xi'an
Wuhan
Chengdu
Hefei
Malaysia ,
Cantonese Guangzhou ,
Hong Kong ,
Yangjiang ,
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian ,
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
Liudui (S. Sixian)
Hsinchu (Hailu)
Dongshi (Dabu)
Hsinchu (Raoping)
Yunlin (Zhao'an)
Jin Taiyuan
Min Bei Jian'ou
Min Dong Fuzhou
Min Nan Xiamen
Quanzhou
Zhangzhou
Taipei
Chaozhou
Shantou
Wu Shanghai
Suzhou ,
Wenzhou
Xiang Changsha
Shuangfeng ,

Compounds

Pronunciation 2



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3
Initial () (26)
Final () (36)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
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
Reading # 1/3
No. 2552
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hljods/

Definitions

  1. to persuade; to canvass; to lobby
  2. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to swindle; to defraud; to cheat out of

Compounds

Pronunciation 3



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/3
Initial () (36)
Final () (82)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
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
Reading # 3/3
No. 2577
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*lod/

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of (yuè, “happy; delighted”).

Compounds

Pronunciation 4


Definitions

  1. Alternative form of (tuō, “to free; to relieve”).

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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

Readings

  • On (unclassified): せつ (setsu), ぜい (zei), えつ (etsu)
  • Kun: とく (toku)

Usage notes

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


Korean

Hanja

(seol, se, yeol) (hangeul , , )

  1. explain
  2. speak
  3. talk

Vietnamese

Han character

(thuyết)

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