Zi:說
說(S说) [shuō] say; 說話 speak [shuì] 游說 lobby [yuè] [tuō] [suì] cf. 説
2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►shuō* 说[說/説] {A} v. ①speak; talk ‖ Tā zěnme ∼? 他怎么∼? What did he say? ②explain ③scold ‖ Wǒ mā ∼ wǒ le. 我妈∼我了。 My mother scolded me. ④act as matchmaker ⑤refer to; indicate ‖ Nǐ de huà shì ∼ shuí ne? 你的话是∼谁呢? To whom did your remarks refer? ◆b.f. theory; teachings; doctrine ►xuéshuō 学说
►³shuì 说[說/説] {E} b.f. persuade; win over ►¹shuìkè 说客 ►yóushuì 游说
(Explanation from the entry for the simple form 说:) The Shuōwén Seal form of 说/說() shuō ‘narrate/expound’ (formerly also 兌/悦 yuè ‘happy/joyful’) combines 言() yán ‘direct speech’, and 兌() duì/yuè ‘happy/joyful’ (phonosemantic): joyfully tell a happy tale, offer an interesting analysis.
Compare: 阅/閱() yuè ‘go through (inventory/count; experience)’, in which 说/說 (abbrev. phonetic), or else just 兑/兌 (phonetic).
Compare: 兑/兌() duì/yuè ‘happy/joyful’, which is said to be an old wr. of 说/悦 yuè ‘happy/joyful’ (cf. 兌, 㕣, ☱); cf. 憙(喜).
In the modern simple form 说, the full-form component 言 becomes 讠, and 兌 (ears-in) becomes 兑 (ears-out).
Note: Some say that in 兑 the component represents 丷(八) ‘cries/songs/words of joy’ coming from the 口 ‘mouth’ of a 儿 ‘person’, and hence 说 ‘to speak’.
Note: Unicode encodes three forms: 说 (PRC simple), 說 (ROC full); 説 (HDC/PRC full); 說/説 (at least) would have been unified, but for Source Separation.
Note: Wenlin treats 說 (with 兌) as the standard (ROC) full form, though 説 (with 兑) is preferred in PRC publications (HDZ, HDC).
Note: The full form of the component 兌() is more similar to the Shuōwén Seal form, with 㕣 (ears-in) at the top, rather than 𠮦 (ears-out).
►references: Karlgren:GSR324q; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:6.3979.3*; Mathews:5939; Guǎngyùn:376.25,498.36,499.01; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1164.08; EDOC:1
►components: 言兌兑
►Cantonese: syut-
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<comp char='兌' uni='514C' points='52,0 128,128' />
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</cdl>
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<comp char='口' uni='53E3' points='22,92 106,128' />
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<stroke type='h' points='0,0 128,0' />
<stroke type='h' points='0,128 128,128' />
<!-- variant based on [U+20120](V=0) -->
</cdl>
<cdl char='口' uni='53E3' points='24,24 104,104'>
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</cdl>
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<stroke type='hz' points='0,0 128,0 128,128' head='cut' tail='long' />
<!-- variant based on [U+EF7E](V=0) -->
</cdl>
<cdl char='兌' uni='514C' radical='Z2'>
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<comp char='儿' uni='513F' variant='6' points='0,74 128,128' />
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<!-- variant based on [U+E7CF](V=0) -->
</cdl>
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