解

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

解 (Kangxi radical 148, 角+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓月尸竹手 (NBSHQ), four-corner 2725₂, composition ⿰角𭷔)

Derived characters

• 嶰 懈 𢶷 澥 獬 邂 檞 𧤭 𧞊 繲 蠏 䲒
• 㙰 蟹 薢 䉏 廨 㿍

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1142, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35067
• Dae Jaweon: page 1608, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3925, character 10
• Unihan data for U+89E3

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 解
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 角 (“horn”) + 刀 (“knife”) + 牛 (“cow”) – a knife separates a horn from a cow, i.e. “cut up (an ox)”.

Etymology

Three pronunciations are cognate. "To loosen; to disengage" > "idle, lazy, remiss". Cognate with 懈 (OC *kreːs, “lazy, remiss”) and possibly 邂逅 (OC *ɡreːs ɡoːs, “carefree and happy”).

? Area stem: *C-re. Compare Burmese ဖြေ (hpre, “to untie; to answer; to ease; to absolve”), အဖြေ (a.hpre, “answer, solution; response; explication”); Khmer រាយ (riəy, “to scatter, to be divided up, to separate”), ស្រាយ (sraay, “to untie, to undo, to explain, to solve”).

Pronunciation 1

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Definitions

解

1. to loosen; to unfasten; to untie

   解開鞋帶／解开鞋带  ―  jiěkāi xiédài  ―  to untie the shoelaces

   解放  ―  jiěfàng  ―  to release; to liberate

   Antonyms: 繫／系, 結／结

2. to divide; to break up; to split; to separate

   解析  ―  jiěxī  ―  to break up; to analyse

   分解  ―  fēnjiě  ―  to split; to reduce to components

   解剖  ―  jiěpōu  ―  to dissect

3. to excrete; to go to the toilet

   小解  ―  xiǎojiě  ―  to empty one's bladder

4. to remove; to eliminate

   解除  ―  jiěchú  ―  to remove; to undo; to cancel

5. to dissolve; to become scattered, less substantial, or less visible

   溶解  ―  róngjiě  ―  to dissolve (in a liquid)

6. to resolve

   解決／解决  ―  jiějué  ―  to solve/resolve (a problem)

   冤家宜解不宜結／冤家宜解不宜结  ―  yuānjiā yí jiě bù yí jié  ―  to resolve conflicts, not to create them

7. to solve; to find an answer

   未解之謎／未解之谜  ―  wèijiězhīmí  ―  unanswered question

   解題／解题  ―  jiětí  ―  to solve a problem

8. to explain

   解釋／解释  ―  jiěshì  ―  to explain; to provide the reasons, grounds, etc.

9. to understand; to interpret

   不解  ―  bùjiě  ―  to not understand; to be perplexed

   解讀／解读  ―  jiědú  ―  to read into; to interpret

10. (mathematics) solution (Classifier: 個／个)

    近似解  ―  jìnsì jiě  ―  approximate solution

11. interpretation; explanation; analysis; understanding

    不求甚解  ―  bùqiúshènjiě  ―  "to not run after over-interpretation"

12. 40th hexagram of the I Ching

Compounds

Descendants

Others:

• → Proto-Tai: *keːꟲ
  • Thai: แก้ (gɛ̂ɛ)
  • Lao: ແກ້ (kǣ)
  • Lü: ᦶᦂᧉ (k̇ae²)
  • Shan: ၵႄႈ (kāae)
  • Ahom: 𑜀𑜦𑜧 (kē)
• → Vietnamese: giãi

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

解

1. to introduce a scholar to the imperial palace

   解元  ―  jièyuán  ―  laureate of local examinations ("foremost among the presented scholars")

2. to send under escort

   押解  ―  yājiè  ―  to take away under escort

3. to pawn; to mortgage
4. to exchange (money)

Compounds

Descendants

• → Vietnamese: giải
• → Zhuang: gaiq

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

解

1. skills; moves (of martial arts, dance, acrobatics, etc.)

   渾身解數／浑身解数  ―  húnshēnxièshù  ―  all one's skills

2. (dated, music) to conclude a piece; to complete

   • 夫曲有如此，當以他曲解之，方可盡其聲矣。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     夫曲有如此，当以他曲解之，方可尽其声矣。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Taiping Yulan (Readings of the Taiping Era), 977 – 983 CE

     Fú qǔ yǒurú cǐ, dāng yǐ tāqǔ xiè zhī, fāngkě jìn qí shēng yǐ.

     With a work such like this, another piece should be played to complete it, so that the music finds its fullest expression.

3. Used in 解廌 (xièzhì), alternative form of 獬豸 (xièzhì)
4. Alternative form of 廨 (xiè, “government office”)
5. Alternative form of 懈 (xiè, “to relax”)
6. Xie (place name in Hedong, i.e. 河東, in present-day 運城)
7. a surname

Compounds

Pronunciation 4

Definitions

解

1. Used in 解州 (Xièzhōu).

References

• “解”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. solution, untie

Readings

• Go-on: け (ke); げ (ge, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)
• Kun: とく (toku, 解く, Jōyō); とける (tokeru, 解ける, Jōyō); とかす (tokasu, 解かす, Jōyō); ほどく (hodoku, 解く); わかる (wakaru, 解る); さとる (satoru, 解る)

Compounds

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 解 (MC keaX).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) か​い (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Affix

解(かい) • (kai) 

1. divide; split; separate
2. untie; loosen; relax; remove
3. make clear; explain
4. understand; comprehend
5. opinion; explanation; solution

Noun

解(かい) • (kai) 

1. explanation; interpretation
2. (mathematics) solution
3. answer; reply (to a given question or problem)

References

Korean

Hanja

解 • (hae, gae) (hangeul 해, 개, revised hae, gae, McCune–Reischauer hae, kae, Yale hay, kay)

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Compounds

• 해약 (解約)

Tày

Verb

解 (transliteration needed)

1. Nôm form of cha̱i (“rest;take a break”).

Vietnamese

Han character

解: Hán Nôm readings: giải, giãi

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