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Chinese symbol for “decompress”

解压缩
jiě yā suō
Traditional: 解壓縮
to decompress; decompression (esp. computer)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for decompress is 解压缩 (jiě yā suō), defined as: to decompress; decompression (esp. computer).

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Characters and stroke order

解 jiě
to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie
radical 148 ⾓ · 13 strokes
压 yā
press; oppress; crush; pressure
radical 27 ⼚ · 6 strokes
缩 suō
to withdraw, to shrink, to pull back; abbreviation
radical 120 ⽷ · 14 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “decompress”

WordPinyinMeaning
解压 (解壓)jiě yāto relieve stress; (computing) to decompress

Related words

Other words that share a character with 解压缩.

WordPinyinMeaning
了解liǎo jiěto understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out
解决 (解決)jiě juéto solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)
解释 (解釋)jiě shìexplanation; to explain
理解lǐ jiěto comprehend; to understand
解放jiě fàngto liberate; to emancipate
压力 (壓力)yā lìpressure
镇压 (鎮壓)zhèn yāsuppression; repression
压迫 (壓迫)yā pòto oppress; to repress
缩短 (縮短)suō duǎnto shorten; to reduce; to curtail

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