Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
opinion, theory, explanation, rumor
Kun:
と.く
On:
セツゼイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
326 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 説 【セツ】 theory, doctrine, opinion, view, rumour, rumor, gossip, hearsay
  • 説明 【セツメイ】 explanation, exposition, description, account, caption, legend
  • 論説 【ロンセツ】 article, discourse, dissertation, (written) argument, commentary, editorial, leading article, leader
  • 定説 【テイセツ】 established theory, accepted opinion, accepted explanation
  • 遊説 【ユウゼイ】 election tour, election campaign, stumping
  • 全国遊説 【ゼンコクユウゼイ】 nationwide election campaign

Kun reading compounds

  • 説く 【とく】 to explain, to advocate, to preach, to persuade

Readings

Japanese names:
さとし、 とき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shuo1, shui4, yue4
Korean:
seol, se, yeol

Spanish

  • opinión
  • teoría
  • explicar
  • expresar

Portuguese

  • rumor
  • opinião
  • teoria

French

  • théorie
  • rumeur
  • opinion
  • thèse
654 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
553 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
524 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
307 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4373 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
216 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
251 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2143 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.9 Japanese for Busy People
400 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
404 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
292 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1688 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1949 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1042 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1405 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
511 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35556P Morohashi
1547 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5627 New Nelson (John Haig)
499 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
538 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
240 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
620 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3057 2001 Kanji
7a7.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-7 SKIP code
0861.6 Four corner code
1-32-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8aac Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
rebuke, admonish, charge, warn, persuade
Kun:
さと.す
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1461 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 諭吉 【ユキチ】 10,000 yen note
  • 諭告 【ユコク】 admonition, public announcement
  • 教諭 【キョウユ】 (licensed) teacher
  • 比喩 【ヒユ】 simile, metaphor, allegory, parable

Kun reading compounds

  • 諭す 【さとす】 to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.), to reason with, to advise, to try to persuade, to exhort, to admonish, to warn (against doing)

Readings

Japanese names:
ゆう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu4
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • reprimenda
  • amonestación
  • bando
  • edicto
  • reprender
  • amonestar
  • persuadir

Portuguese

  • repreensão
  • advertir
  • carga
  • avisar
  • persuadir

French

  • réprimande
  • admonestation
  • conseiller
  • prévenir
  • persuader
1862 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1545 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4411 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1357 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1760 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2510 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1599 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1706 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1579 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1703 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2012 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1072 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1446 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
358 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35727P Morohashi
1598 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5667 New Nelson (John Haig)
352 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
376 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1853 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3043 2001 Kanji
7a9.13 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-9 SKIP code
0862.1 Four corner code
1-45-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8aed Unicode hex code