解 Kanji – unravel
The Japanese kanji 解 can mean unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute.
Meaning and Readings
How is 解 read?
解 has the onyomi readings カイ, ゲ and the kunyomi readings とく, とかす, とける, ほどく, ほどける, わかる, さとる.
In romaji, these readings can be written as kai, ge, toku, tokasu, tokeru, hodoku, hodokeru, wakaru, satoru.
Common Japanese Words Using 解
These common Japanese words contain 解. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 解く（とく） — to untie, to unfasten, to unwrap, to undo, to unbind, to unpack
- 解く（ほどく） — to undo, to untie, to unfasten, to unlace, to unravel, to loosen, to unpack
- 解ける（とける） — to be solved, to be resolved
- 解ける（ほどける） — to come loose, to come untied, to come undone, to unravel
- 解禁（かいきん） — lifting a ban, raising an embargo, opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.)
- 解決（かいけつ） — settlement, solution, resolution
- 解決策（かいけつさく ） — solution, solution strategy
- 解雇（かいこ） — dismissal (of an employee), discharge, firing, layoff
- 解散（かいさん） — breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.), dispersal (e.g. of a crowd)
- 解釈（かいしゃく） — interpretation, explanation, reading, construction