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説

N3

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • opinion
  • theory
  • explanation
  • rumor

On'yomi (音読み)

  • セツ
  • ゼイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • と.く
Strokes
14
JLPT Level
N3
Frequency
#289
School Grade
Grade 4
Radical
言#149 · speech

Components

Common Words

  • 説せつNoun
    theory, doctrine
  • 演説えんぜつNoun
    speech, address
  • 説明せつめいNoun
    explanation, exposition, description
  • 小説しょうせつNoun
    novel, story, (work of) fiction
  • 解説かいせつNoun
    explanation, commentary, exposition
  • 説得せっとくNoun
    persuasion
  • 伝説でんせつNoun
    legend, folklore, tradition
  • 力説りきせつNoun
    emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.), stressing, insistence

Practice in Kanjiru

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