EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 23
  1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

    to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack

    この医師はガンの多くの不可解な点を解こうと努力している。
    The doctor is trying to solve many of the riddles of cancer.
  2. to unsew; to unstitch

  3. to solve; to work out; to answer

  4. to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.); to clear up; to remove (suspicion); to appease

  5. to dissolve (a contract); to cancel; to remove (a prohibition); to lift (a ban); to raise (a siege)

  6. to release (from duty); to relieve; to dismiss

  7. to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)

    Usually written using kana alonealso written as 梳くsee とかす

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Characters in this word

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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

Built from

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