设
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to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if
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- 6
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- #778
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Formation & memory
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How 设 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
讠 meaning “speech” + 殳 sound ()
Components 讠 殳
How to remember it
establish · Heisig RSH #648
words + missile
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 设
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平行公设 | (geometry) the parallel postulate (Euclid's fifth postulate) | |
| 中国交通建设 | China Communications Construction Company | |
| 平面设计 | graphic design | |
| 中国建设银行 | China Construction Bank | |
| 设身处地 | to put oneself in sb else's shoes | |
| 工业设计 | industrial design | |
| 假设语气 | subjunctive | |
| 公设比 | (Tw) shared-facilities ratio (expressed as a percentage of the total floor space of a buil… | |
| 天造地设 | lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom); ideal; perfect; (of a match) made in hea… | |
| 设得兰群岛 | Shetland Islands | |
| 心理建设 | psychological preparation; mental conditioning | |
| 想方设法 | to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means; to try this, that and… | |
| 发型设计师 | hairstylist | |
| 人设 | character design (in games, manga etc) (abbr. for 人物設定|人物设定[ren2 wu4 she4 ding4]); (fig.) … | |
| 设计者 | designer; architect (of a project) | |
| 设有 | to have; to incorporate; to feature | |
| 安设 | to install; to set up | |
| 分设 | to set up separately; to establish separate units | |
| 假设性 | hypothetical | |
| 公设 | (math.) postulate; public facilities (abbr. for 公共設施|公共设施[gong1 gong4 she4 shi1]) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 殳 — compare how they read.