Kilo Lingo

解

jiě

Traditional: 解

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Translation

to untie, to solve; to understand

Stroke order

Stroke order for 解

解

Examples

。

I understand how you feel.

。

Could you please explain?

。

We need to solve this problem.

绳shéng。

Please untie this rope.

。

I cannot solve this problem.

解 (jiě) means to untie or to solve, and extends to to understand. It anchors a cluster of cognition and problem-solving verbs: 了解 (to understand, to be informed), 理解 (to comprehend), 解释 (to explain), and 解决 (to solve).

Related words

解决

to solve, to resolve

解释

to explain; explanation

理解

to understand, to comprehend; understanding

了解

to understand, to be informed about

Appears in 4 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 解.

了解liǎo jiěto understand, to be informed about理解lǐ jiěto understand, to comprehend; understanding解释jiě shìto explain; explanation解决jiě juéto solve, to resolve

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