Memory phrase for the character: 解

解

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Meaning

explanation, untie, unravel, solution

Pronunciation

KAI, GE
toku

Explanation

 Left: corner, horn 角, right: sword 刀 and cow 牛

Mnemonic
 
A horn was cut by a sword from the cow: Do you have an explanation?

Radicals

角 corner, hornIt's best to understood it as the head 用 of a cow with only one horn ⺈?
刀 swordAs radical often simplified to:刂
牛 cowShows the head キ of a cow with only one horn ノ.




 Vocabulary

解く とく  to unfasten
解ける とける  to come untied, to come apart
解答 かいとう  answer, solution
解決 かいけつ  settlement, solution, resolution
誤解 ごかい  misunderstanding
解除 かいじょ  cancellation, rescinding, release, calling off
解釈 かいしゃく  explanation, interpretation
解説 かいせつ  explanation, commentary
解散 かいさん  breakup, dissolution

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