解

jiě

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character

解 (jiě) means "to divide; to break up; to split". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 解 means

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

Example sentences

无解。

There isn't any solution.
能理解？

Understand?
我很了解他

I know her very well.
解放龟岛！

Jiěfàng guī dǎo!

Free Turtle Island!
你不了解。

You don't understand.
我不理解你

I do not understand you.

Words starting with 解

Words containing 解

Characters that look like 解

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

Sounds the same

Read jiě, tone for tone, but written differently.

Where 解 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 3 Characters · Set 7 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
How characters are built from components.
How to learn Chinese characters.
The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiě correctly.
Look up another word in the free dictionary.

Looking a word up is not learning it. GraphChinese puts all of HSK 1–6 into one dependency graph, teaches each piece only once its prerequisites are solid, and schedules reviews to land just before you would forget.

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