JLPT N3 · 13 strokes
Kanji 解: "unravel, notes, key"
The kanji 解 means "unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie". It is written with 13 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read カイ, ゲ in on'yomi and と.く, と.かす, と.ける, ほど.く, ほぐ.す in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カイゲ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
と.くと.かすと.けるほど.くほぐ.す
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 13 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 5 |
| Frequency rank | 176 of 2,501 |
Common words with 解
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 理解understanding; comprehension; appreciation · sympathy
- 解決settlement; solution; resolution
- 解放release; unleashing; liberation; emancipation · deallocation (of computer memory)
- 了解comprehension; consent; understanding; agreement · OK; roger
- 誤解misunderstanding
- 解くto untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo · to unsew; to unstitch
- 正解correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation · right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
- 解けるto be solved; to be worked out · to come loose; to come untied; to come undone
- 解釈interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
- 解除termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; rescission · lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations); cancellation (of a warning, alert, etc.)
- 解散breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd) · dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; disbandment; split-up
- 解消cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
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