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設

Establish
Stroke count: 11

Readings

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JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 5Level 21

Verbs with «設»

設定する設置する設ける設立する開設する建設する設計する創設する

Meanings

  1. establish
  2. establishmentRtK
  3. provision
  4. prepare
  1. to prepare
  2. to provide
  3. to set up
  4. to establish
  5. to organize

Popular Usage

建設設計設備

Radicals and components

Radical言speech訁variant
Components
How it's built
設
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口) · cruise missile · missile · wind (風) · crotch

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 765

Compound words

建設けんせつ
construction; establishment
設計せっけい
plan; design; layout
設備せつび
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences
設問せつもん
posing a question; question
設けるもうける
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
設定するせっていする
to establish
設置するせっちする
to establish
設立するせつりつする
to establish
開設するかいせつする
to establish
建設するけんせつする
to construct
架設かせつ
construction; building
開設かいせつ
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
公設こうせつ
public (institution)
施設しせつ
facility; facilities; institution; establishment; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
私設しせつ
private
常設じょうせつ
standing (committee); permanent (exhibit)
新設しんせつ
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
設置せっち
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
設定せってい
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); setting (movie, novel, etc.); scene
設立せつりつ
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
創設そうせつ
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
増設ぞうせつ
adding (equipment, facilities, etc.); establishing more; installing more; increase; extension
敷設ふせつ
laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction
併設へいせつ
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side

Additional Examples

彼は新しい家の設計をしただけでなく自分でそれを建築した。
He not only made the plan of a new house but built it himself.tatoeba
彼は自分の金をすべて慈善施設に寄付した。
He gave away all his money to charity.tatoeba
彼は持っていた金を全部慈善施設に寄付した。
He gave away all his money to charity.tatoeba
彼は司法試験に合格し、法律事務所を創設した。
He passed the law examination and set up a law office.tatoeba
設計― 片山光生
Design - Mitsuo KATAYAMA.wiki
宮都の選定と設計
Scouting location and designing of the capitalwiki
ナイター設備なし
There are no night game facilities.wiki
安全面における設備
Safety equipmentwiki

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Set up, establish. 言 (words) + 殳 (hand with a tool) — say it and do it: setting something up. 設備 — equipment.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 設

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step