设

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

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #778 U+8BBE

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

讠 (semantic, “speech”) + 殳 (phonetic, shū)

components: 讠殳

establish · Heisig RSH #648

words + missile

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 殳

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 殳 (shū) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
殳 sound component	shū	tool, weapon
没	méi	not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
投	tóu	to pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest
股	gǔ	share, portion; thighs, haunches, rump
觳	hú	goblet, horn; frightened
殁	mò	dead; to die

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
平行公设	píng xíng gōng shè	(geometry) the parallel postulate (Euclid's fifth postulate)
中国交通建设	Zhōng guó Jiāo tōng Jiàn shè	China Communications Construction Company
平面设计	píng miàn shè jì	graphic design
中国建设银行	Zhōng guó Jiàn shè Yín háng	China Construction Bank
设身处地	shè shēn chǔ dì	to put oneself in sb else's shoes
工业设计	gōng yè shè jì	industrial design
假设语气	jiǎ shè yǔ qì	subjunctive
公设比	gōng shè bǐ	(Tw) shared-facilities ratio (expressed as a percentage of the total floor space of a buil…
天造地设	tiān zào dì shè	lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom); ideal; perfect; (of a match) made in hea…
设得兰群岛	Shè dé lán Qún dǎo	Shetland Islands
心理建设	xīn lǐ jiàn shè	psychological preparation; mental conditioning
想方设法	xiǎng fāng shè fǎ	to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means; to try this, that and…
发型设计师	fà xíng shè jì shī	hairstylist
人设	rén shè	character design (in games, manga etc) (abbr. for 人物設定\|人物设定[ren2 wu4 she4 ding4]); (fig.) …
设计者	shè jì zhě	designer; architect (of a project)
设有	shè yǒu	to have; to incorporate; to feature
安设	ān shè	to install; to set up
分设	fēn shè	to set up separately; to establish separate units
假设性	jiǎ shè xìng	hypothetical
公设	gōng shè	(math.) postulate; public facilities (abbr. for 公共設施\|公共设施[gong1 gong4 she4 shi1])