Read Edit View history Discussion 说 shuōshuìyuè HSK1 speak Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents ← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Oct 7, 2020, 11:09 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 7, 2020, 11:09 AM verify Changed fields: isVerified, components Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 兑 represents the sound. Components 讠 讠 Meaning component 讠 is a component form of 言. 兑 兑 Sound component Change in sound 说 and 兑 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese. Historical Pronunciations Sources Readings & variants Unicode