- 理解 — understanding
- 解決 — resolution; solution
- 解釈 — interpretation
- 解散 — dissolution; breakup
- 解説 — explanation
- 解放 — release; liberation
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解 is a 形声文字 (semantic–phonetic compound). The radical 角 (horn) plus 刀 (sword) originally suggested cutting apart a horn — symbolizing untying. From this, the meanings “untie,” “solve,” and “explain” developed.
この問題を 解いてください。
Please solve this problem.
その言葉の 意味が 理解できました。
I understood the meaning of the word.