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Kanji Detail for 解 - "solve, understand, release"

解

  • Meaning

    解 means "solve, understand, release."

    1. Solve - To find the answer; to work out.

    2. Untie - To loosen; to release from bonds.

    3. Understand - To comprehend; to grasp meaning.

    4. Release - To set free; to let go.

    5. Explain - To make clear; to interpret.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    unravel; notes; key; explanation; understanding; untie; undo; solve; answer; cancel; absolve; explain; minute

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    loosen, unfasten, untie; explain; hexagram ䷧

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Xie

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To divide. All cutting and separating objects is called 解. Today also refers to sawing wood as 解木. | To release. Such as saying 固結不解 (tightly bound and not loosened). Therefore dissolving enmity is also called 解. Such as 勸解 (mediate), 和解 (reconcile). | To disperse. People's hearts scattering is called 解體 (disintegrate). Also called 土崩瓦解 (collapsing like earth and shattering like tiles). Using the collapse of houses as a metaphor. | Analyzing principles is called 解. Such as 詳解 (detailed explanation), 條解 (itemized explanation). | To comprehend. Understanding the meaning is called 解. Therefore understanding is also called 見解 (viewpoint). | In music, one movement is called one 解. | In medicine, sweating and recovering from illness is called 解. Commonly also refers to bowel movements as 大小解. | To remove. Such as 解衣 (removing clothes), 解組 (resigning). Meaning to take off. Also things falling off by themselves is called 解. Read as 蟹 (crab). The "Book of Rites" says "Deer antlers fall off." | 解廌. An animal name. Like a deer with one horn. Also written as 獬豸. | To send off. Dispatching people or things is called 解. Such as 解犯 (escorting prisoners), 解餉 (sending provisions). In Tang system, scholars passing from local to court examinations was called 解額. Meaning sending their quota up. Therefore in the imperial examination system, passing the provincial examination was called 發解 (successful dispatch). The top scorer was called 解元 (dispatch champion).
  • Onyomitip

    ge(げ) げ

    kai(かい) かい

  • Kunyomitip

    hodo.keru(ほどける) ほどける

    hodo.ku(ほどく) ほどく

    hogu.reru(ほぐれる) ほぐれる

    hotsu.reru(ほつれる) ほつれる

    sato.ru(さとる) さとる

    to.kasu(とかす) とかす

    to.keru(とける) とける

    to.ku(とく) とく

    waka.ru(わかる) わかる

  • Strokestip

    13 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    角 (tsuno・tsunohen・kaku)

  • Related Keywords
    solve untie loosen understand comprehend release free explain interpret resolve answer solution decode decipher clarify unravel analyze dissect separate dismiss

Sentences including 解

  • This book is too difficult to understand.

  • Don't get me wrong.

  • I don't know the reason why she isn't coming.

  • It is difficult for me to solve that problem.

  • I can't make her out.

  • She gradually began to understand.

  • There is no telling what may happen next year.

  • It's almost impossible to work out this problem.

  • It is impossible to make her understand the theory.

  • To understand each other is important.

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