• 201st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 233 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiè (Xie4)surname Xie
2. jiě (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
3. jiè (jie4)to transport under guard
4. xiè (xie4)acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) • variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiě (jie3)The component is pronounced as 'jué' (jue2). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for jiě (jie3)The component is pronounced as 'jiǎo' (jiao3). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for jiè (jie4)The component is pronounced as 'jué' (jue2). It has the same pinyin initial.
4. Pronunciation clue for jiè (jie4)The component is pronounced as 'jiǎo' (jiao3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

了解 
理解 
解决 (解決)
解释 (解釋)

Uncommon

不解 
分解 
化解 
和解 
善解人意 
求解 
溶解 
瓦解 
破解 
缓解 (緩解)
见解 (見解)
解冻 (解凍)
解剖 
解压 (解壓)
解密 
解放 
解放军 (解放軍)
解救 
解散 
解析 
解毒 
解码 (解碼)
解禁 
解答 
解脱 (解脫)
解药 (解藥)
解说 (解說)
解说员 (解說員)
解读 (解讀)
解酒 
解锁 (解鎖)
解开 (解開)
解除 
详解 (詳解)
误解 (誤解)
调解 (調解)
谅解 (諒解)
讲解 (講解)
费解 (費解)
辩解 (辯解)

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  • 273rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 79 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
waterNo glyph availablelinehuman
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jué (jue2)to decide • to determine • to execute (sb) • (of a dam etc) to breach or burst • definitely • certainly

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

决定 (決定)
解决 (解決)

Uncommon

判决 (判決)
半决赛 (半決賽)
坚决 (堅決)
对决 (對決)
决心 (決心)
决战 (決戰)
决策 (決策)
决赛 (決賽)
决斗 (決鬥)
犹豫不决 (猶豫不決)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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