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JLPT N3 SL5 13 strokes Frequency: #176

Meanings

Unravel, Notes, Key, Explanation, Understanding, Untie, Undo, Solve, Answer, Cancel, Absolve, Explain, Minute

Radicals

角

Decomposition

⿰角⿱刀牛

Etymology

Ideographic: To cut 刀 the horns 角 off of an ox 牛; 角 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 13

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 corner right-to-left

3 diagonal top-to-bottom

4 hook bottom-to-top

5 vertical right-to-left

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 hook right-to-left

9 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

10 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

11 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

12 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

13 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ゲ ge

カイ kai

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ほど hodo

と to

わか waka

さと sato

Words Using This Kanji

452 words total

Other (20 words)

部分分数分解ぶぶんぶんすうぶんかい

partial fraction decomposition

ペイオフ解禁ペイオフかいきん

removal of blanket government protection of bank deposits

unfair dismissal

electrolysed water

analytic function

traffic analysis (esp. web)

雪解け水ゆきどけみず

snowmelt

理解に苦しむりかいにくるしむ

to be unable to understand

解決案かいけつあん

proposed solution

解決の糸口かいけつのいとぐち

key to a solution

解体屋かいたいや

demolition contractor

たん白加水分解物たんぱくかすいぶんかいぶつ

protein hydrolysate

confessional

ungroup

understanding person

soft block (on Twitter)

自己解離じこかいり

self-ionization (e.g. of water)

理解を得るりかいをえる

to gain the understanding (of)