# 設 — set up; establish

設 means “set up; establish”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 11 strokes. On'yomi: セツ (setsu). Kun'yomi: もう(ける) (moukeru). You'll see it in words such as 設ける (moukeru, “to prepare; to provide”).

- Meaning: set up; establish
- On'yomi: セツ (setsu)
- Kun'yomi: もう(ける) (moukeru)
- Strokes: 11
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Change & making 1

## How to remember 設

Parts: 言 say; words · 殳 club

## Words with 設

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 設ける | もうける (moukeru) | to prepare; to provide |
| 設け | もうけ (mouke) | preparation; provision |

## Don't confuse it with

[般](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/general-kind/) · [疫](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/epidemic/) · [股](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/thigh/) · [搬](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/haul/)

## More in the “Change & making 1” set

[化](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/transform/) · [成](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/become/) · [設](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/set-up/) · [改](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/reform/) · [変](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/strange/) · [直](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/fix/)

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