The kanji 解: meaning, readings and stroke order

解

Meaning: solve, untie
On reading: カイ kai、ゲ ge
Kun reading: と（く） toku、と（かす） tokasu、と（ける） tokeru
Strokes: 13
Radical: 角 horn
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: giải, tháo ra (giải)
Japanese: もんだいをとく。ほどく。
Korean: 풀다 (해)
Chinese: 解开、解答

Readings, words and example sentences

カイ kai · on reading

解かい決けつ
solving, solution
みんなで問題を 解かい決けつしました。
We solved the problem together.

ゲ ge · on reading · less common

解げ熱ねつ
bringing down a fever
解げ熱ねつの薬を飲みます。
I take medicine to bring down my fever.

と（く） toku · kun reading

解とく
to solve
算数の問題を 解ときます。
I solve a math problem.

と（かす） tokasu · kun reading · less common

解とかす
to melt
春の日ざしが雪を 解とかします。
The spring sunshine melts the snow.

と（ける） tokeru · kun reading

解とける
to be solved
むずかしいなぞがやっと 解とけました。
At last, the hard riddle was solved.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.