設

音読おんよみ: セツ・セチ

訓読くんよみ: もうける

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部首ぶしゅ: 訁(ごんべん)

Meaning

Establish / Set Up / Arrange / Prepare

  • Basic forms
  • 設ける — to set up; to establish; to provide / base form
  • 設けます — sets up; establishes / masu form
  • 設けた — set up; established / ta-form
  • 設けて — set up and … / te-form
  • 設けない — do not set up / negative
  • 設ければ — if (you) set up / conditional
  • Common expressions
  • 制度を設ける — to establish a system
  • 時間を設ける — to set aside time
  • More
  • 席を設けた — prepared seats
  • 設けている — is providing; has set up / state

設ける(もうける) is an ichidan verb. It means to deliberately establish, create, or provide something — rules, systems, opportunities, or arrangements.

  • 設計せっけい — design / planning
  • 設備せつび — equipment / facilities
  • 設定せってい — configuration / setup
  • 設立せつりつ — establishment / founding
  • 設置せっち — installation / establishment
  • 設問せつもん — test question
  • 設営せつえい — venue setup / layout
  • 仮設かせつ — temporary setup

The left side is 言 (speech), linked to expression and dialogue. The right side 殳 (しゅ) represents action with a tool. Together, 設 conveys the act of deliberately creating or arranging — such as rules, buildings, or systems.

It’s widely used in administrative, technical, and infrastructural contexts.

この部屋へやには 冷房れいぼう設置せっちされています。
This room is equipped with air conditioning.

あたらしい 会社かいしゃ設立せつりつしました。
We established a new company.

計
Creates
設計せっけい — design / planning
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