Characters · 9 strokes · traditional 說
说
shuō to speak
Where the shape comes from
The speech radical 讠 on the left, which appears in almost every word about talking, with 兑 on the right.
讠speech
兑sound
Write it
Watch the order first, then trace it with the guide, then write it from memory. The model comes back over your strokes so you can see where the shape drifted.
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Stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi via Hanzi Writer, Arphic Public License.
Three words that use it
说话
shuōhuà
to talk
听说
tīngshuō
to hear that
小说
xiǎoshuō
a novel
Watch out: the mistake people make
The speech radical 讠 is two strokes in simplified and seven as 言 in traditional.
The traditional form
In Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau this character is written 說. It is the same word with the same sound and meaning. This course teaches the simplified form, and the traditional one is here so you recognise it when you see it.