Kanji1 / 14
説 kanji
opinion, theory, explanation, rumor
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
セツゼイ
Kun readings
とく
Words with 説
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —提説proposed theory; proposition
- —例説illustration (using an example)
- —弁説dialectic demonstration; display of skill in explanation
- —説示instructions; explanation
- —評説rumour; rumor; comment; commentary; review; criticism
- —真説true theory; true teachings
- —名説excellent idea; great suggestion; excellent opinion
- —迷説misdirected claim; incomprehensible idea
- —説破confuting; arguing down
- —他説other theories
- —説述explaining an idea; exposition; explanation
- —余説commentary; annotation; alternative theory
- —奇説bizarre theory; strange theory; wild theory
- —精説detailed explanation
- —解説者commentator
- —原子説atomic theory
- —古伝説old tradition
- —性悪説cynicism (of mankind); belief that human nature is fundamentally evil
- —創造説creationism
- —天動説Ptolemaic theory; geocentric model; geocentrism