Chinese Character Wiki
设

shè

build

Depicts the process of setting something up using speech (讠) and a hand holding a tool (殳).

Components
讠 meaning component

讠  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

殳 meaning component

殳  Meaning component

shū

  

weapon or tool

Depicts a hand holding a tool.

Evolution

设 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
设 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
设 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
设 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

设 (設) 

shè

build; establish; display; particle of hypothesis, supposing; to set up; to arrange; to establish; to found; to display

Most common words with 设
Freq.
Word
Meaning

设计

plan

建设

to build

设备

equipment

假设

to suppose

设

to set up

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 55.6303% of movies

684th most common character in movies

302nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

設

Unicode

U+8BBE


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