解 jiě
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 角 — angle, corner
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
解放
jiěfàng
to liberate; liberation
Characters in this word
放 fàng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 方 square, rectangle 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 解放思想。 Jiěfàng sīxiǎng. Free your mind.
- 城市解放了。 Chéngshì jiěfàng le. The city is liberated.
- 他们得到解放。 Tāmen dédào jiěfàng. They gain liberation.
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
- 解释 jiěshì to explain; explanation
- 了解 liǎojiě to understand; to know about
- 分解 fēnjiě to break down; to decompose
- 解除 jiěchú to remove; to cancel
- 调解 tiáojiě to mediate
- 误解 wùjiě to misunderstand
- 放 fàng to put, to place
- 放假 fàngjià to have a holiday