解 — unravel, notes, key

わかる解 unravel

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 13 strokes mind

U+89E3 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #176 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1955 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

unravel
notes
key
explanation
understanding
untie
undo
solve
answer
cancel
absolve
explain
minute

word

わか waka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

解(わか) る wakaru to understand

かい kai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

理(り) 解(かい) rikai understanding 解(かい) 決(けつ) kaiketsu solution 解(かい) 説(せつ) kaisetsu explanation 見(けん) 解(かい) kenkai opinion 解(かい) 消(しょう) kaishou cancellation 解(かい) 放(ほう) kaihou release 解(かい) 明(めい) kaimei elucidation 正(せい) 解(かい) seikai correct answer

と to Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

解(と) く toku to solve 解(と) ける tokeru to be solved 読(よ) み解(と) く yomitoku to interpret

Appears in idioms

時が解決する諺

time is what resolves all things

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

かど角 angle #148

かたな刀 sword #18

うし牛 cow #93

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#148 角 horn