Meaning
to separate; to divide; to break up; to loosen; to explain; to untie
Chinese: 解开、解释或解决。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “jie” becomes a different word in each tone. 解 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 了解liǎo jiěto understand; to realize; to find out
- 解决jiě juéto solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate
- 理解lǐ jiěto comprehend; to understand
- 解开jiě kāito untie; to undo; to solve (a mystery)
- 解释jiě shìexplanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve
Example Sentence
这道数学题我解不出来。Zhè dào shù xué tí wǒ jiě bu chū lái.I cannot solve this math problem.
这Zhèthis道dàoroad数学shù xuémathematics题títopic我wǒI解jiěto divide不bunot出来chū láito come out。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
角 (horn) + 刀 (knife) + 牛 (ox): to cut an ox apart with a knife — ‘to untie, take apart; to solve, explain, understand; to dissolve’ (解决, 理解, 解开) (jiě); ‘to escort’ (jiè).
A way to remember it
Knife (刀) parting horn (角) from ox (牛) — to untie, to solve.