Chinese Character 設 Meanings and components.

Form

設

Meaning

設 meaning[3] in English

To Set Up.

To Arrange.

To Establish.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 設 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are words (言) , and surname Shu (殳)

Its radical[1] is: 言 (yan2) which means: Words, Speech, To Say, To Talk, .言yan2words

In cangjie it is written with YRHNE

How to write 設

To write設she4to set … you should write a combination of 言yan2words , 殳shu1surname Shu arranged in a 吅 shape:

言 + 殳 = 設

設 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 設 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 設, looks as follow:

設
Pinyin:she4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Set Up . To Arrange . To Establish . To Found . To Display
言
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: Words . Speech . To Say . To Talk
殳
Pinyin:shu1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shu
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

  • Wiktionary Page for 設in English or Chinese