to persuade
to speak / to say / to explain / to scold / to tell off / a theory (typically the last character in a compound, as in 日心說|日心说 heliocentric theory)

= + : In front of the observatory is a big advertising column. On it is a picture of Sheldon Shrimp, who is depicted to be talking about his new cash exchange booth.
variant of 說|说[shuo1]

= + : In front of the observatory is a big advertising column. On it is a picture of Sheldon Shrimp, who is depicted to be talking about his new cash exchange booth.
to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine

说 character breakdown

surname Dui
to cash / to exchange / to add (liquid) / to blend / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing swamp / ☱

= + : Doggy Dog opened a cash exchange booth in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom. His first customers are Apollo and a mean crocodile.
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).

Characters with 说 as component

说 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 说

generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short
to tell in detail
to make a story or theory consistent / to give a plausible explanation / to plug the holes in one's story
(idiom) needless to say / it goes without saying
to chatter endlessly
looking at the big picture / all in all / all things considered
honestly speaking / to be frank, ...
listening, speaking, reading and writing (language skills)
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
to declare; to state / to call; to name
to put it simply; simply put
honestly speaking; to be frank, ...
(idiom) to talk random nonsense; to say whatever comes into one's head
to declare / to state / to call / to name
it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter (idiom) / to be an armchair expert / to blabber on
novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet
to put it simply / simply put

Sentences with 说

nán
dào
nǐ
shuo̅
le
bù
suàn
ma