Meaning & readings
establishment, provision, prepare
On’yomi セツ
Kun’yomi もう.ける
Nanori した
Origin
The character 設 combines two components to express the idea of setting something up or establishing it. The left part, 言, represents words or speech—the idea of speaking or declaring something. The right part, 殳, is a tool or implement used for striking or working. Together, these suggest the concept of using words and action together to put something in place or establish it, which led to the meanings of establishment and preparation. Over time, the character came to mean providing or setting up in a more general sense.
Components
- 言
- 殳
Common words
Easily confused with
These look alike but are unrelated in meaning — check the stroke that differs.
Reference
- Strokes
- 11
- Kangxi radical
- 149
- Formation type
- Compound ideographic (combined meanings)
- Grade
- Grade 5 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #145 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+08A2D