説

Meaning

Explain, theory, opinion · explicar, teoría

Readings

• On (音読み): セツ・ゼイ
• Kun (訓読み): と.く

Example words

• 説明（せつめい）— explanation
• 小説（しょうせつ）— novel
• 説明書（せつめいしょ）— instruction manual

Structure

Radical 言 (ごんべん・いう · Speech, word) · 14 strokes · school grade 4

Watch out

explicar → 説明する, never ×説く (the kun reading と.く means to preach or advocate — literary). 小説 = novel, not "small theory". Right side 兌 also in 脱 (take off) and 税 (tax).