Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

176 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute

Kunyomi: と.く と.かす と.ける ほど.く ほど.ける わか.る さと.る

Onyomi: カイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: つのへん

Meaning: horn

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

決する(かいけつする)   settle, solve

散する(かいさんする)   break up

する(りかいする)   understand

する(ごかいする)   misunderstand

する(ぶんかいする)   disassemble

する(べんかいする)   justify

する(わかいする)   reconcile

する(りょうかいする)   give consent

熱剤(げねつざい)   medicine for a fever

く(とく)   solve [v.t.]

かす(とかす)   melt [v.t.]

ける(とける)   melt, loosen [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

カイ solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.), root (e.g. of a polynomial), solution (to a given problem), answer, explanation, interpretation

カイキン lifting a ban, raising an embargo, opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.), publishing contents, revealing information

ガカイ collapse, downfall

メイカイ clear explanation

ゲネツ lowering a fever, alleviation of fever

ゲダツ liberation from earthly desires and the woes of man, deliverance of one's soul, moksha, mukti, vimukti

雪消 ユキゲ snow melting, water from melting snow

ギゲ explanation (of the meaning), interpretation

Kunyomi Examples

とく to untie, to unfasten, to unwrap, to undo, to unbind, to unpack, to unsew, to unstitch, to solve, to work out, to answer, to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.), to clear up, to remove (suspicion), to appease, to dissolve (a contract), to cancel, to remove (a prohibition), to lift (a ban), to raise (a siege), to release (from duty), to relieve, to dismiss, to comb (out), to card, to untangle (hair)

溶かす とかす to dissolve, to melt

梳かす とかす to comb out, to brush, to untangle, to unravel

ける とける to be solved, to be resolved, to loosen, to come untied, to come undone, to be removed (of restrictions), to be lifted (e.g. a ban), to be broken (spells, curses, etc.), to dissipate (of anger, tension, etc.), to melt away, to ease, to be appeased, to be resolved (of a dispute, misunderstanding, etc.), to be cleared up

溶ける とける to melt, to thaw, to fuse, to dissolve

ほどく to undo, to untie, to unfasten, to unlace, to unravel, to loosen, to unpack

ける ほどける to come loose, to come untied, to come undone, to unravel, to loosen up (e.g. tension)

分かる わかる to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to see, to get, to follow, to become clear, to be known, to be discovered, to be realized, to be realised, to be found out, I know!, I think so too!