Read Edit View history Discussion 說 shuōshuìyuè HSK1 speak Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 兌 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas shuō × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 说 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 說 Simp strokes 說 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 說 Simp strokes 說 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 說 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 261, 813 ], [ 360, 762 ], [ 391, 722 ] ], [ [ 50, 543 ], [ 79, 536 ], [ 111, 537 ], [ 336, 597 ], [ 401, 610 ], [ 442, 606 ] ], [ [ 207, 453 ], [ 255, 450 ], [ 347, 475 ], [ 381, 476 ] ], [ [ 199, 345 ], [ 250, 343 ], [ 353, 369 ], [ 388, 366 ] ], [ [ 150, 234 ], [ 179, 211 ], [ 184, 199 ], [ 224, 30 ] ], [ [ 210, 231 ], [ 220, 224 ], [ 324, 259 ], [ 351, 265 ], [ 367, 261 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