Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

    to read (a book); to open (a book) to read

  2. to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)

Also written 繙く【ひもとく】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

string, cord, braid, lace, tape, strap, ribbon

Kun
ひも
On
チュウジュウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
silk

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Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-6-4SKIP code
6a4.2The Kanji Dictionary
2791.5Four corner code
7d10Unicode hex code
1-41-19JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3504Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4448New Nelson (John Haig)
1647Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1190Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2661Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2703Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1682Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
27268Morohashi
niu3Pinyin reading
nyuKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Kun
と.くと.かすと.けるほど.くほぐ.すわか.るさと.る
On
カイ
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
176 of 2500
Radical
horn
WaniKani
Level 21

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Used in names as

さとるとけ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-7-6SKIP code
4g9.1The Kanji Dictionary
2725.2Four corner code
2555deroo
89e3Unicode hex code
1-18-82JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4306Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5548New Nelson (John Haig)
1517New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1913Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1017Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1375Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1814Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1955Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
192A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1923Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
577Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35067Morohashi
632A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
474Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
482Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
567sakade
892Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
662henshall3
769Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
142crowley
293Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1651Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1831Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jie3, jie4, xie4Pinyin reading
hae, gaeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
21WaniKani level