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Kanji Detail for 設 - "to establish, to provide"

設

  • Meaning

    設 means "to establish, to provide." Also associated with to install.

    1. Establish - To set up; to create.

    2. Install - To put in place; to set.

    3. Provide - To furnish; to prepare.

    4. Suppose - To assume; if.

  • Words using 設

    • 建設 けんせつ Listen construction; establishment
    • 施設 しせつ Listen facility; facilities; institution
    • 設備 せつび Listen equipment; facilities; installation
    • 設置 せっち Listen establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
    • 設立 せつりつ Listen establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
    • 設計 せっけい Listen plan; design; layout
    • 創設 そうせつ Listen establishment; founding; organization
    • 設定 せってい Listen establishment; creation; posing (a problem)

  • Tattoo check: 設

    • Verified meaning: to establish, to provide
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to install

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    establishment; provision; prepare

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    build; establish; display; particle of hypothesis, supposing

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to build, to design; to establish; to offer

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To arrange and display. Such as 陳設 (display). Meaning to position. Painters applying colors is also called 設色 (applying colors). | All establishing is called 設. Such as 設立 (establish), 設官 (establish offices). | A hypothetical word. Such as saying 設使 (supposing), meaning if.

  • Onyomi

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    setsu(セツ) セツ

  • Kunyomi

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    moukeru(もう-ける) もう-ける

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

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    言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)

  • Related Keywords

    to establish to install to provide arrange organize prepare equip suppose set up assume build construct create design develop erect found furnish initiate institute introduce plan lay out

Sentences including 設

  • He set up his company that year.

  • A lot of construction is going on these days.

  • The bridge is still under construction.

  • He set up the school.

  • He set up a company recently.

  • When was this university founded?

  • The hotel has good accommodation.

  • This is the garden i laid out last year.

  • He set up the school.

  • He laid out this garden.

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