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説

opinion
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingセツ、ゼイ
Kun readingと.く
JōyōGrade 4KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. opinion
  2. theory
  3. explanationRtK
  4. rumor
  1. doctrine
  2. view
  3. rumour

Popular Usage

小説説明演説解説社説概説学説

Radicals and components

Radical言speechComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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rumor · say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口) · devil · horns · elder brother · teenager · mouth (口) · human legs (儿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 538

Compound words

小説しょうせつ
novel; story; (work of) fiction
説明せつめい
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption
演説えんぜつ
speech; address
解説かいせつ
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
社説しゃせつ
editorial; leading article; leader
学説がくせつ
theory
逆説ぎゃくせつ
paradox
序説じょせつ
introduction
説くとく
to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon
説教せっきょう
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding
説得せっとく
persuasion
定説ていせつ
established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation
伝説でんせつ
legend; folklore; tradition
遊説ゆうぜい
election tour; election campaign; stumping
力説りきせつ
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
論説ろんせつ
article; discourse; dissertation; (written) argument; commentary
仮説かせつ
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
小説家しょうせつか
novelist; fiction writer
説得力せっとくりょく
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
説明書せつめいしょ
(printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description
推理小説すいりしょうせつ
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
説き伏せるときふせる
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on

Stroke Order

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