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Kanji Grade 5 - 解

Kanji character Grade 5 解. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 5 - 解
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unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute
Kun: と.く、 と.かす、 と.ける、 ほど.く、 ほど.ける、 わか.る、 さと.る
On: カイ、 ゲ
13 strokes
Radical: horn 角
Parts: 刀 牛 角
 
Onyomi
解 【カイ】 solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.), root (e.g. of a polynomial), solution (to a given problem), answer, explanation, interpretation
解禁 【カイキン】 lifting a ban, raising an embargo, opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.), publishing contents, revealing information
瓦解 【ガカイ】 collapse, downfall
明解 【メイカイ】 clear explanation
解熱 【ゲネツ】 lowering a fever, alleviation of fever
解脱 【ゲダツ】 liberation from earthly desires and the woes of man, deliverance of one's soul, moksha, mukti, vimukti
義解 【ギゲ】 explanation (of the meaning), interpretation
 
Kunyomi
解く 【とく】 to untie, to unfasten, to unwrap, to undo, to unbind, to unpack, to unsew, to unstitch, to solve, to work out, to answer, to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.), to clear up, to remove (suspicion), to appease, to dissolve (a contract), to cancel, to remove (a prohibition), to lift (a ban), to raise (a siege), to release (from duty), to relieve, to dismiss, to comb (out), to card, to untangle (hair)
解ける 【とける】 to be solved, to be resolved, to loosen, to come untied, to come undone, to be removed (of restrictions), to be lifted (e.g. a ban), to be broken (spells, curses, etc.), to dissipate (of anger, tension, etc.), to melt away, to ease, to be appeased, to be resolved (of a dispute, misunderstanding, etc.), to be cleared up
解く 【ほどく】 to undo, to untie, to unfasten, to unlace, to unravel, to loosen, to unpack
解ける 【ほどける】 to come loose, to come untied, to come undone, to unravel, to loosen up (e.g. tension)