解

Mandarin · pinyin jiě#

Meanings · jiě

  1. to divide
  2. to break up
  3. to split
  4. to separate
  5. to dissolve
  6. to solve
  7. to melt
  8. to remove
  9. to untie
  10. to loosen
  11. to open
  12. to emancipate
  13. to explain
  14. to understand
  15. to know
  16. a solution
  17. a dissection
Mandarin · pinyin jiè#

Meanings · jiè

  1. to transport under guard
Mandarin · pinyin xiè#

Meanings · xiè

  1. acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old)
  2. variant of 懈 xiè and 邂 xiè (old)
Mandarin · pinyin Xiè#

Meanings · Xiè

  1. surname Xie
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jiě · loosen, unfasten, untie; explain; hexagram ䷧
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character

  1. to loosen; to unfasten; to untie
  2. to divide; to break up; to split; to separate
  3. to excrete; to go to the toilet
  4. to remove; to eliminate
  5. to dissolve; to become scattered, less substantial, or less visible
  6. to resolve
  7. to solve; to find an answer
  8. to explain
  9. to understand; to interpret
  10. to understand; to interpret — (Classical)to be able to
  11. (mathematics) solution (Classifier: 個/个)
  12. interpretation; explanation; analysis; understanding
  13. 40th hexagram of the I Ching

character

  1. to introduce a scholar to the imperial palace
  2. to send under escort
  3. to pawn; to mortgage
  4. to exchange (money)

character

  1. skills; moves (of martial arts, dance, acrobatics, etc.)
  2. (dated, music) to conclude a piece; to complete
  3. used in 解廌 (xièzhì), alternative form of 獬豸 (xièzhì)
  4. (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 廨 (xiè, “government office”)
  5. (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 懈 (xiè, “to relax”)
  6. Xie (place name in Hedong, i.e. 河東, in present-day 運城)
  7. a surname

character

  1. used in 解州 (Xièzhōu)

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解 · jie3 · jie4 · xie4 · Xie4
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source lines 100,211, 100,212, 100,213, 100,210
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Exact source records解 解 [jie3] /to divide/to break up/to split/to separate/to dissolve/to solve/to melt/to remove/to untie/to loosen/to open/to emancipate/to explain/to understand/to know/a solution/a dissection/解 解 [jie4] /to transport under guard/解 解 [xie4] /acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old)/variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old)/解 解 [Xie4] /surname Xie/