解 jiě
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 角 — angle, corner
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
解释
jiěshì
to explain; explanation
Characters in this word
释 shì
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 釆 — to distinguish
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 请你解释一下。 Qǐng nǐ jiěshì yíxià. Please explain this a little.
- 他解释得很好。 Tā jiěshì de hěn hǎo. He explains it very well.
- 我需要解释。 Wǒ xūyào jiěshì. I need an explanation.
Related words
- 解决 jiějué to solve
- 解开 jiěkāi to untie; to undo
- 理解 lǐjiě to understand
- 缓解 huǎnjiě to ease; to relieve
- 了解 liǎojiě to understand; to know about
- 分解 fēnjiě to break down; to decompose
- 解除 jiěchú to remove; to cancel
- 解放 jiěfàng to liberate; liberation
- 调解 tiáojiě to mediate
- 误解 wùjiě to misunderstand
- 考虑 kǎolǜ to consider
- 想象 xiǎngxiàng to imagine