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解 と.く、と.かす、と.ける、ほど.く、ほど.ける、わか.る、さと.る unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute 3 176 13 148 つの・かく・つのへん 会意 Compound Ideographic Did you know that you can unravel a cow? If you stick the dagger in at exactly the correct angle, the whole cow will just unravel. 1814

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カイ、ゲ さとる, とけ 解決(かいけつ): settlement; solution; resolution解散(かいさん): breakup; dissolution見解(けんかい): opinion; point of view理解(りかい): understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy解除(かいじょ): cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting解放(かいほう): (1) release; unleashing; liberation; emancipation; setting free (2) deallocation (of computer memory)解説(かいせつ): explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation解る(わかる): (1) to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped (2) to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out解釈(かいしゃく): explanation; interpretation誤解(ごかい): misunderstanding了解(りょうかい): comprehension; consent; understanding; roger (on the radio)解剖(かいぼう): (1) dissection; autopsy (2) analysis分解(ぶんかい): (1) disassembly; dismantling; disaggregating; analysis; disintegrating; decomposing; degrading (2) factorization (3) decomposition; resolution (4) deblocking解答(かいとう): answer; solution正解(せいかい): correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)弁解(べんかい): justification; rationalization; pretext; explanation; exculpation; defence; defense; excuse解く(とく): (1) to solve; to answer (2) to untie (3) to comb; to untangle (hair)解く(ほどく): to unfasten; to untie; to unwrap (e.g. parcel)解ける(とける): (1) to be solved (2) to loosen; to come untied (3) to be removed (e.g. restrictions); to be cleared (e.g. misunderstandings); to be broken (e.g. spells, curses) (4) to melt解ける(ほどける): to come untied; to come apart 5 角: angle; corner; square; horn; antlers刀: sword; saber; knife牛: cow 角 7 (none) unravel Unravel the mystery by determining at what ANGLE the SWORD went into the COW.

Kanji	解
Onyomi	カイ、ゲ
Kunyomi	と.く、と.かす、と.ける、ほど.く、ほど.ける、わか.る、さと.る
Nanori	さとる, とけ
English	unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute
Examples	解決(かいけつ): settlement; solution; resolution 解散(かいさん): breakup; dissolution 見解(けんかい): opinion; point of view 理解(りかい): understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy 解除(かいじょ): cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting 解放(かいほう): (1) release; unleashing; liberation; emancipation; setting free (2) deallocation (of computer memory) 解説(かいせつ): explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation 解る(わかる): (1) to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped (2) to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out 解釈(かいしゃく): explanation; interpretation 誤解(ごかい): misunderstanding 了解(りょうかい): comprehension; consent; understanding; roger (on the radio) 解剖(かいぼう): (1) dissection; autopsy (2) analysis 分解(ぶんかい): (1) disassembly; dismantling; disaggregating; analysis; disintegrating; decomposing; degrading (2) factorization (3) decomposition; resolution (4) deblocking 解答(かいとう): answer; solution 正解(せいかい): correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution) 弁解(べんかい): justification; rationalization; pretext; explanation; exculpation; defence; defense; excuse 解く(とく): (1) to solve; to answer (2) to untie (3) to comb; to untangle (hair) 解く(ほどく): to unfasten; to untie; to unwrap (e.g. parcel) 解ける(とける): (1) to be solved (2) to loosen; to come untied (3) to be removed (e.g. restrictions); to be cleared (e.g. misunderstandings); to be broken (e.g. spells, curses) (4) to melt 解ける(ほどける): to come untied; to come apart
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	5
Frequency	176
Components	角: angle; corner; square; horn; antlers 刀: sword; saber; knife 牛: cow
Number of Strokes	13
Kanji Radical	角
Radical Number	148
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	つの・かく・つのへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	unravel
Koohii Story 1	Did you know that you can unravel a cow? If you stick the dagger in at exactly the correct angle, the whole cow will just unravel.
Koohii Story 2	Unravel the mystery by determining at what ANGLE the SWORD went into the COW.
RTK Index	1814

E.G Explanation Unravel Resolution Understanding Comprehension Release Interpretation