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解 — 13 strokes / Radical「角」

道
6Elementary year 5 / 13 strokes / Radical「角」
On
カイ・ゲかい・げ · kai · ge
Kun
と(く)・と(ける)to(ku) · to(keru)
Meaning
to solve; untie; understand

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

角 "horn" with 刀 "knife" and 牛 "ox"; taking an ox apart at the horn — hence "to undo, to solve."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカイかいkai解決かいけつ解禁かいきん理解りかい
Onゲげge解脱げだつ解熱剤げねつざい解毒剤げどくざい
Kunとくtoku解くとく

Compare: 溶く

Kunとかすtokasu解かすとかす

Compare: 溶かす

Kunとけるtokeru解けるとける

Compare: 溶ける

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 解決かいけつ

    solution; settlement

  • 理解りかい

    understanding

More words with this kanji

  • 誤解ごかい
  • 解釈かいしゃく
  • 了解りょうかい
  • 解雇かいこ
  • 解析かいせき
  • 解剖かいぼう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

むずかしい問題(もんだい)が解(と)けた。

I solved the difficult problem.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)