説
shuōshuìyuè HSK1

speak

Variant form of 說. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 兑 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
兑
兑 Sound component
duì, ruì, duó exchange
Change in sound

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsywejHl̥ot-s exhort
sywetl̥ot speak, explain
ywetlot pleased

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

说 shuō speak Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 兑 represents the sound.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

兑
兑 Sound component
duì, ruì, duó exchange
Change in sound

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode