Read Edit View history 说 shuōshuìyuè HSK1 speak Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 兑 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas shuō × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 說 ×説 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 讠 is a component form of 言. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 说 Simp strokes 说 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 说 Simp strokes 说 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 说 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 255, 790 ], [ 346, 733 ], [ 365, 700 ] ], [ [ 64, 461 ], [ 101, 454 ], [ 138, 460 ], [ 245, 504 ], [ 266, 507 ], [ 291, 494 ], [ 257, 184 ], [ 264, 149 ], [ 301, 159 ], [ 408, 254 ] ], [ [ 488, 749 ], [ 543, 699 ], [ 563, 667 ] ], [ [ 739, 835 ], [ 760, 815 ], [ 768, 797 ], [ 686, 703 ], [ 646, 669 ], [ 644, 660 ] ], [ [ 446, 562 ], [ 466, 547 ], [ 482, 523 ], [ 516, 362 ] ], [ [ 494, 565 ], [ 518, 555 ], [ 695, 597 ], [ 727, 591 ], [ 751, 562 ], [ 719, 467 ], [ 692, 453 ] ], [ [ 534, 381 ], [ 552, 396 ], [ 684, 421 ], [ 729, 421 ], [ 750, 415 ] ], [ [ 504, 307 ], 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819 806 Q 804 822 777 836 Q 752 848 739 844 Q 726 843 732 828 Q 736 810 723 790 Z", "M 484 566 Q 472 570 452 572 Q 440 575 437 570 Q 430 564 439 548 Q 467 494 484 407 Q 488 380 504 363 Q 522 341 527 357 Q 528 364 530 375 L 528 409 Q 521 424 508 535 C 505 560 505 560 484 566 Z", "M 738 437 Q 766 524 800 545 Q 816 564 802 582 Q 786 597 731 622 Q 713 629 691 621 Q 618 588 484 566 C 454 561 479 527 508 535 Q 523 541 676 572 Q 695 576 703 570 Q 716 554 684 443 C 676 414 728 409 738 437 Z", "M 651 393 Q 691 400 748 405 Q 758 406 760 415 Q 760 422 738 437 L 684 443 L 683 443 Q 598 421 528 409 C 498 404 500 376 530 375 Q 537 374 547 376 Q 572 383 611 388 L 651 393 Z", "M 490 303 Q 500 204 416 112 Q 394 84 335 32 Q 328 25 335 23 Q 342 20 351 25 Q 450 65 512 169 Q 527 197 543 234 Q 550 252 561 270 Q 568 279 563 288 Q 557 297 529 312 Q 510 322 501 321 Q 488 317 490 303 Z", "M 973 108 Q 960 136 941 224 Q 940 240 933 246 Q 927 250 922 231 Q 894 137 875 108 Q 865 95 834 88 Q 764 73 705 95 Q 683 107 676 121 Q 649 172 682 347 Q 686 372 651 393 C 627 411 603 417 611 388 Q 611 384 614 376 Q 627 336 624 297 Q 614 144 627 101 Q 631 79 651 60 Q 726 -4 882 26 Q 888 29 894 29 Q 931 39 966 65 Q 987 81 973 108 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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