説 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

shuōshuìyuè HSK1

speak

approved by Peter Olson · Feb 18, 2022, 07:22 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Feb 18, 2022, 07:22 PM

說

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

Components

言 Meaning component

兑 Sound component

Change in sound

説 and 兑 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.