解

jiě · jiè · xiè

to divide · to break up

Radical: 角 Strokes: 13 HSK 6

Structure: Left-rightFrequency: Most common

Same radical

角触觞觜觚觥觖觱觳觯觫

Same radical

角触觞觜觚觥觖觱觳觯觫

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Character Decomposition

解=角+刀+牛

Etymology

To cut 刀 the horns 角 off of an ox 牛; 角 also provides the pronunciation

Meanings3 pronunciations

jiě

to divide

to break up

to split

to separate

to dissolve

to solve

to melt

to remove

to untie

to loosen

to open

to emancipate

to explain

to understand

to know

a solution

a dissection

jiè

to transport under guard

xiè

acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old)

variant of 懈 xiè and 邂 xiè (old)

surname Xie

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Words with 解 801 total

to resolve · to decompose · to break down分解fēn jiě to not understand · to be puzzled by · indissoluble不解bù jiě to explain · to justify · to defend (a point of view etc) · to provide an explanation · to try to defend oneself辩解biàn jiě to unbind (e.g. a phone number from an account)解绑jiě bǎng

Idioms with 解 118 total Chain

to remain puzzled after pondering over sth a hundred times (idiom) · to remain perplexed despite much thought百思不解bǎi sī bù jiě a wine cup dissolves complaints (idiom); a few drinks can ease social interaction杯酒解怨bēi jiǔ jiě yuàn to melt like ice and break like tiles · to disintegrate · to dissolve冰消瓦解bīng xiāo wǎ jiě