解 · jiě
loosen, unfasten, untie; explain; hexagram ䷧
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
loosen, unfasten, untie; explain; hexagram ䷧
- Mandarin
- jiě
- Cantonese
- gaai2
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 解 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Korean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 해
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+89E3
- Radical
- 角 · 148
- Strokes
- 13 · Unihan
- Residual
- 6
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
13 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 解
Character connections
Component roles · attributed
- 角 sound component · CJKVI analysis
Source analysis · 角聲
Line 16404 · ⿰角⿱刀牛 · 角聲 · source reference 1420240
Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗
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History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- heaX · 胡買 反切 · #1409
- Middle Chinese
- keaX · 佳買 反切 · #1417
- Middle Chinese
- keaH · 古隘 反切 · #2453
- Middle Chinese
- heaH · 胡懈 反切 · #2454
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 9964 · heaX = 蟹開二上佳匣 · keaX = 蟹開二上佳見 · keaH = 蟹開二去佳見 · heaH = 蟹開二去佳匣
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- jiě
- kCantonese
- gaai2
- kDefinition
- loosen, unfasten, untie; explain; hexagram ䷧
- kTotalStrokes
- 13
- kRSUnicode
- 148.6
- kGradeLevel
- 3
- kTGH
- 2013:2981
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- jiě,jiè,xiè 63925.100
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- jiě 0581.010 · jiè 0584.020 · xiè 1277.160
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- jiě 174.040 · jiè 175.070 · xiè 406.100
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- jiě(1857)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- jiě粵gaai2 jiè粵gaai3
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 胡買 佳買 古隘 胡懈
- Kangxi positions
- 1142.010
- Guangyun positions
- 270.33 271.09 383.33 383.45
- GSR references
- 0861a
- Cangjie
- NBSHQ
- Four-corner
- 2725.2