# 説 — Theory

Frequency rank 152 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 葉 (Leaf), less common than 近 (Near).

- On’yomi: せつ
- Kun’yomi: と
- Radical: 言 Speech (Kangxi 149)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

The guard on the gate cranks his loose flapping tongue open and stacks slab after slab of sound over your head until the tower of it leans.

In words:

- 説 せつ — theory
- 説明 せつめい — explanation
- 説く とく — to explain;to advocate;to preach;to persuade

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