音読み: ショウ
訓読み: くわしい・つまび-らか
画数: 13
部首: 言（ごんべん）
Meaning
Detailed / Precise / Thorough.
- 詳細 — detail; particulars
- 不詳 — unknown; unspecified
- 詳報 — detailed report
- 詳らか — in detail; with full clarity (formal)
- 詳述 — detailed description
- 精詳 — full detail; elaboration
詳 combines the 言 “speech/words” radical with 羊 as a phonetic that suggests the sound ショウ. Words marked as detailed are those explained clearly and thoroughly — speech that leaves no gaps.
Think of speech (言) that is as orderly and clear as counting sheep (羊). That gives 詳 — explanations that are detailed, precise, and thorough.
Forms
詳細 — detail; particulars