解开

Character by character

• 解jiě13 strokesHSK 3loosen, unfasten, untie; explain; hexagram ䷧
• 开kāi4 strokesHSK 1 traditional 開open; initiate, begin, start

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 解开. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 开始kāi shǐHSK 3

  to begin; beginning; to start; initial

• 开kāiHSK 1

  to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文; abbr. for 开本, book format

• 了解liǎo jiěHSK 4

  to understand; to realize; to find out

• 解决jiě juéHSK 3

  to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)

• 离开lí kāiHSK 2

  to depart; to leave

• 开心kāi xīnHSK 2

  to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb

• 解释jiě shìHSK 4

  explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve

• 理解lǐ jiěHSK 3

  to comprehend; to understand

• 打开dǎ kāiHSK 1

  to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on

• 公开gōng kāiHSK 3

  open; overt; public; to make public; to release

• 解jiěHSK 6

  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

• 开车kāi chēHSK 1

  to drive a car

• 开发kāi fāHSK 3

  to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop

• 开放kāi fàngHSK 3

  to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality

• 展开zhǎn kāiHSK 3

  to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out

• 分开fēn kāiHSK 2

  to separate; to part

• 开口kāi kǒuHSK 7

  to open one's mouth; to start to talk

• 改革开放gǎi gé kāi fàngHSK 7

  to reform and open to the outside world; refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980

• 解放jiě fàngHSK 5

  to liberate; to emancipate; liberation; refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949

• 开玩笑kāi wán xiàoHSK 1

  to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke

• 召开zhào kāiHSK 4

  to convene (a conference or meeting); to convoke; to call together

• 解除jiě chúHSK 5

  to remove; to sack; to get rid of; to relieve (sb of their duties); to free; to lift (an embargo); to rescind (an agreement)

• 开会kāi huìHSK 1

  to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting

• 开通kāi tōngHSK 6

  to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)