Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

設: establishment, provision

Also: prepare

JLPT N211 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met

言 carries the meaning · 殳 is drawn in

11 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

セツsetsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 設備せつびequipment, facilities
  • 施設しせつinstitution, facility
  • 私設しせつprivate
  • 設計するせっけいするplan, design
  • 設定するせっていするestablish, set up
  • 設立するせつりつするestablish, found, organize
  • 設置するせっちするestablish, found
  • 創設するそうせつするestablish, found
  • 開設するかいせつするestablish, open
  • 建設するけんせつするbuild, establish, construct

もうけるmoukeru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 設けるもうけるcreate, establish

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)言 (meaning) + 埶 (sound)

埶 in this character initially appears as an ancient short form ⿰𡉣攴.

Source: Wiktionary, 設 (rev. 92598219), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
More in the 言 speech story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
言

Also built on speech (言)

All 72
殳

Also built on lance shaft (殳)

All 15

Also read セツ

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
設 establishment · 殳
vs託 consign · 乇
設 has 殳 where 託 has 乇.
In ChineseSimplified 设 · traditional, as in Japanese · shè

Japan keeps the traditional form 設; mainland China simplifies it to 设.

Simplified
设 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
設 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin shè most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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