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Chinese Character Bites – #19 –说

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Our character for today is 说

Simplified Chinese character: 说
Traditional Chinese character: 說

(The radical on the left is different, in the traditional Chinese character it is 言,
whereas in the simplified Chinese character it is 讠)

Pronunciation:

This character is pronounced shuō in the 1st tone.

Except in rare cases in specific cases, where it can be pronounced shuì

What it means:

说 means to ‘speak’ or to ‘say’

You’ll see it in words like 说话 shuōhuà (to speak or to say)

Let’s break it down:

The left hand side of the character is a radical that means ‘words’, and the right hand side is 兑, which originally indicated the pronunciation of the character.


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