解 jiě
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 角 — angle, corner
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
解救
jiějiù
to rescue; to save
Characters in this word
救 jiù
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 求 to seek 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 救援队冒着山体滑坡的危险，终于解救了被困在隧道里的工人。 Jiùyuán duì mào zhe shāntǐ huápō de wēixiǎn, zhōngyú jiějiù le bèi kùn zài suìdào lǐ de gōngrén. The rescue team braved the danger of landslides and finally rescued the workers trapped in the tunnel.
- 消防员成功解救了被困在树上的小猫。 Xiāofángyuán chénggōng jiějiù le bèi kùn zài shù shàng de xiǎomāo. The firefighters successfully rescued the kitten stuck in the tree.
- 他们想尽办法解救那些在洪水中失去家园的人。 Tāmen xiǎng jìn bànfǎ jiějiù nàxiē zài hóngshuǐ zhōng shīqù jiāyuán de rén. They tried every means to rescue those who had lost their homes in the flood.
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
- 解放 jiěfàng to liberate; liberation
- 调解 tiáojiě to mediate
- 误解 wùjiě to misunderstand
- 讲解 jiǎngjiě to explain