KanjiDB
Radical Index : : 説

さとし,
セツ, ゼイ, と.く, とき
rumor, opinion, theory
This kanji has 14 strokes: 7 strokes in the "say" radical (ことば) and 7 other strokes
Sample Compounds (200):
1.

がくせつ

theory
2.

かせつ

hypothesis, supposition, fictional
3.

ゆうぜい

election tour, election campaign, stumping
4.

せっとく

persuasion
5.

せつ

theory
6.

ぎゃくせつ

paradox
7.

じょせつ

introduction
8.

しょうせつ

novel, story
9.

かいせつ

explanation, commentary, exposition, elucidation
10.

しょうせつか

novelist, fiction writer
11.

せつめい

explanation, exposition
12.

ていせつ

established theory
13.

しゃせつ

editorial, leading article
14.

せつめいしょ

(printed) instructions
15.

えんぜつ

speech, address
16.

りきせつ

insistence, (major) emphasis, stress
17.

でんせつ

tradition, legend, folklore
18.

とく

to explain, to advocate, to preach, to persuade
19.

せっきょう

propound, preach, sermon
20.

ろんせつ

editorial, dissertation
21.

すいりしょうせつ

mystery or detective novel
22.

ほんじすいじゃくせつ

manifestation theory (holding that Shinto gods are manifestations of buddhas)
23.

しゅうせつ

various theories
24.

せんじょうしょうせつ

sultry novel, suggestive story
25.

とつぜんへんいせつ

mutationism
26.

おくせつ

conjecture, hypothesis
27.

しめいじゅだくえんぜつ

acceptance speech
28.
調
せっきょうぢょうし

(in a) preaching tone
29.
れた
ちほうしょくのあらわれたしょうせつ

novel with local color, novel with local colour
30.
アジ
アジえんぜつ

propaganda speech, inflammatory speech
31.

るせつ

detailed explanation
32.

こせつ

ancient belief
33.

せいあくせつ

the view of human nature as fundamentally depraved
34.

みんやくせつ

social-contract theory
35.

かんぜい

urging, persuasion
36.

じゅうせつ

reexplanation
37.

ぜんせいせつ

preformation (theory)
38.

はどうせつ

wave theory (physics)
39.

かがくしんとうあつせつ

chemiosmotic hypothesis
40.

しせいほうしんえんぜつ

policy speech
41.

せっきょうどろぼう

preaching burglar, burglar who preaches at the victim about the methods of preventing similar crimes
42.

ちゅうかんしょうせつ

middle-brow novel
43.
クローン
クローンせんたくせつ

clonal selection theory
44.

こでんせつ

old tradition
45.

せいぜんせつ

belief that human nature is fundamentally good
46.

めいろんたくせつ

excellent opinions and theories
47.

かんぜんちょうあくしょうせつ

(Edo-period) didactic novel or fiction
48.

しょせつ

explanation, matter under discussion, contents, one''s opinion
49.

ぜんせつ

former opinion
50.

はくわしょうせつ

novel written in colloquial Chinese
51.

ししょうせつ

novel narrated in the first person
52.

せっきょうぼうず

tub-thumping preacher, preacher (priest) who is good at delivering a sermon, pulpiteer (usually with contemptuous implication)
53.

ちゅうへんしょうせつ

novelette, short novel, long short story
54.
ゴシック
ゴシックしょうせつ

gothic novel
55.

かたくじせつをとる

to persist in one''s views
56.

せいちょうしょうせつ

novel of formation (education), novel of character development, novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development of a young person, Bildungsroman (German)
57.

ぼうせつ

fallacy, false report
58.

かんのうしょうせつ

amorous (erotic) novel, pornographic novel
59.

しょかんたいしょうせつ

novel written in epistolary style
60.

ぜんせつをひるがえす

to change one''s former opinion
61.

はんぷくせつ

biogenetic law, recapitulation theory (theory that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny)
62.
てる
かせつをたてる

to build up a hypothesis
63.

わたくししょうせつ

novel narrated in the first person
64.

せっきょう

(Buddh) lecture on the sutras
65.

ちゅうりつせつ

neutral theory (of molecular evolution)
66.
サピアウォーフの
サピアウォーフのかせつ

Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
67.

こうせいせつ

epigenesis (theory)
68.

せいごうせつ

coherence theory (theory that a proposition is true if it corresponds with a specified set of other propositions)
69.

もうせつ

fallacy, false report
70.

あまいしょうせつ

sentimental novel
71.

しょせつ

various opinions, various theories, various rumors (rumours)
72.

そうぞうせつ

creationism
73.

ひせつ

secret theory
74.

かせつけんてい

hypothesis test (statistics)
75.

しせつ

personal opinion
76.

せっきょうぶし

sutra-based ballads accompanied by the samisen
77.

ちょうへんしょうせつ

full-length novel
78.
フロギストン
フロギストンせつ

phlogiston theory
79.

こうごさようせつ

interactionism
80.

せいうんせつ

the nebular hypothesis
81.

かんせつ

allusion, alluding
82.

しょせつふんぷん

divergent opinions abound, opinion is divided, there are many rumors afloat
83.

かきくどく

to complain, to pester
84.

びゅうせつ

fallacy, fallacious argument
85.

かけいでんせつ

family legend
86.
よりもなり
じじつはしょうせつよりもきなり

truth is stranger than fiction
87.

ちょうへんしょうせつ

full-length novel
88.
プランクの
プランクのりょうしかせつ

Planck''s quantum hypothesis
89.

くぜつ

lover''s tiff
90.

せいいつせつ

uniformitarianism
91.

ゆうぜいりょこう

stumping (electioneering) tour
92.

きむかせつ

null hypothesis
93.

しょせつふんぷん

divergent opinions abound, opinion is divided, there are many rumors afloat
94.

そうごさようせつ

interactionism
95.

ふせつ

groundless rumor, groundless rumour
96.

かへいすうりょうせつ

quantity theory of money
97.
よりなり
じじつはしょうせつよりきなり

truth is stranger than fiction
98.

せっとくじょうず

persuasiveness, skilled in the art of persuasion
99.

ちょくせつほう

direct method, indicative mood
100.
ラマルク
ラマルクせつ

Lamarckism
101.

くどきもんく

chatup line, pick-up line, (loving) words
102.

よていせつ

predestination
103.

じょせつ

explanation, interpretation
104.

そうせいせつ

interactionism
105.

ぶきょうしょうせつ

swashbuckling stories, martial arts fiction, chivalric knight novels, wuxia xiaoshuo
106.

かいしゃせつめいかい

company information session
107.

じせつ

one''s cherished opinion
108.

せっとくりょく

persuasive power
109.

ちんせつ

novel idea, strange theory
110.

あっかんしょうせつ

picaresque novel
111.
とす
くどきおとす

to persuade, to prevail upon, to win a woman''s heart, to win over, to talk someone into doing
112.
きつける
ときつける

to persuade
113.

ようふようせつ

Lamarckian evolutionary theory in which individuals lose characteristics that are not used and develop characteristics that are often used
114.

ぎゃくせつてき

paradoxical
115.

そうせつ

review article, general remarks
116.

ふうせつ

rumor, rumour, gossip, hearsay
117.

かいさんせつ

rumor of dissolution (rumour)
118.

じだいしょうせつ

historical novel
119.

せっぷく

persuasion
120.

つうせつ

prevailing view, common opinion
121.

いせつ

different opinion
122.

くどく

to seduce, to make a play
123.
める
ときすすめる

to persuade
124.

ようせつ

outline, summary
125.

きゅうせつ

old theory, ancient ideas
126.

ぞくせつ

common saying, popular version, folklore, tradition
127.

ふうぞくしょうせつ

novel depicting customs and manners of the day
128.

じせつ

one''s personal opinion
129.

せっぷく

persuasion
130.

つうぞくしょうせつ

popular novel
131.

いたんじゃせつ

heretical doctrine (thought, faith)
132.

こうせつ

gossip, talk about town
133.
こす
ときおこす

to begin one''s argument or story or lecture
134.

おちゅうどでんせつ

legend concerning a fugitive clan
135.

きょせつ

groundless rumor, groundless rumour
136.

しょうせつをかく

to write a novel
137.

たいおうせつ

correspondence theory (theory that a proposition is true if and only if it corresponds to the facts)
138.
った
くつがえったせつ

overthrown theory
139.

かいせつしゃ

commentator
140.

じっけんしょうせつ

experimental novel
141.

せっぽう

(Buddh) lecture, sermon, preaching, moralizing, moralising
142.

つじせっぽう

street preaching
143.

いっせつ

another report (opinion)
144.

こうじょうしょとくかせつ

permanent-income hypothesis
145.

ときおよぶ

to mention, to refer to, to touch upon
146.

たちあいえんぜつ

campaign speech
147.

きょうようしょうせつ

novel about one''s education, spiritual growth, etc., Bildungsroman
148.

たいがしょうせつ

roman-fleuve
149.

ぶっせつ

Buddha''s teaching
150.

かいせつしょ

(an instruction) manual, handbook (of roadsigns)
151.

じっせつ

true story
152.

いんぼうせつ

conspiracy theory
153.

こうせつ

explanation (by lecture)
154.

ときいだす

to begin to speak, to begin to explain
155.

りゃくせつ

outline, summary
156.

きょうどしょうせつ

local story
157.

しょうじょしょうせつ

story for young girls
158.

たいしゅうしょうせつ

novel for the masses, popular fiction, pulp
159.

ぶんしせつ

molecular theory
160.

かいせつしんせいかしつけほう

truth in lending act
161.

せつめいがつく

to explain adequately
162.

ていおうしんけんせつ

theory of the divine right of kings
163.

えいゆうでんせつ

heroic legendary tale
164.

こうせつ

your opinion
165.
ける
ときつける

to persuade
166.

りゅうせつ

groundless rumor, groundless rumour, false report
167.

きょくせつ

false theory
168.

しょうへんしょうせつ

short short story
169.

だいどうえんぜつ

street (soapbox) oratory, stump oratory
170.

へいぼんなせつ

platitude
171.

かいらくせつ

hedonism
172.

しゃせつめん

editorial page
173.

てんのうきかんせつ

theory of the Emperor as an organ of government
174.

こうろんたくせつ

an excellent opinion, an insightful view
175.
せる
ときふせる

to confute, to argue down
176.

るせつ

groundless rumor, groundless rumour, false report
177.

ぐせつ

foolish opinion, one''s opinion
178.

しょうせつ

detailed explanation
179.

たいりくいどうせつ

theory of continental drift
180.

へきせつ

prejudiced opinion
181.

かいきしょうせつ

mystery novel
182.

じゃせつ

heretical doctrine
183.

せつめいせきにん

accountability, being held accountable
184.

てんどうせつ

Ptolemaic theory
185.

えんぜつか

speaker, orator
186.

ごうりてききたいかせつ

rational expectations hypothesis
187.
ける
ときわける

to explain carefully or by making distinctions
188.

りょうきしょうせつ

bizarre story (novel)
189.

くうせつ

groundless rumor or story (rumour)
190.

しんりしょうせつ

psychological novel
191.

たくじょうえんぜつ

after-dinner speech, speech made at a dinner (luncheon)
192.

へんせつ

change of opinion
193.

がいせつ

general statement, outline
194.

しゃかにせっぽう

teaching your grandmother to suck eggs, expression meaning teaching something to someone who knows more than you, lit: lecturing to the Buddha
195.

せつめいてきだとうせい

explanatory adequacy
196.

てんぺんちいせつ

catastrophism
197.
調
えんぜつくちょう

oratorical tone
198.

ごうりてききたいけいせいかせつ

rational expectations hypothesis
199.
かせる
とききかせる

to explain, to reason
200.

りょうしかせつ

quantum hypothesis

Kuten Code: 3266
EUC Code: c0e2
Shift-JIS Code: 90e0
JIS Code: 4062
Unicode: 8aac
Radical Index: 149
Frequency Rank: 326
Jouyou Grade: 4
DeRoo Code: 3057
Four Corner code: 0861.6
"New Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 1547
"Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 4373
"New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 5627
"Japanese For Busy People" Index: 3.9
"The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power" Index: 240
"Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide" Index: 1688
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd Edition" Index: 553
"Kanji in Context" Index: 292
"Kanji Learners Dictionary" Index: 1042
"Essential Kanji" Index: 216
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" Index: 654
"Tuttle Kanji Cards" Index: 620
"The Kanji Dictionary" Index Code: 7a7.12
"Kanji & Kana 2nd Edition" Index: 400
Morohashi Volume.Page: 10.469
Gakken Index: 524
"Remembering The Kanji" Index: 307
"Japanese Names" Index: 499
Korean Readings: seol, se, yeol
Pinyin: shuo1, shui4, yue4

Radical Index : : 説

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