Chinese symbol for “settle”
和解
hé jiě
to settle (a dispute out of court); to reconcile; settlement; conciliation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for settle is 和解 (hé jiě), defined as: to settle (a dispute out of court); to reconcile; settlement; conciliation; to become reconciled.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “settle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 澄清 | dèng qīng | to settle (of liquid); to become clear (by precipitation of impurities) |
| 定居 | dìng jū | to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence |
| 解决 (解決) | jiě jué | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) |
| 落户 (落戶) | luò hù | to settle; to set up home |
| 了结 (了結) | liǎo jié | to settle; to finish |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 和解.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 和平 | hé píng | peace; peaceful |
| 共和国 (共和國) | gòng hé guó | republic |
| 和谐 (和諧) | hé xié | harmonious; harmony |
| 和尚 | hé shang | Buddhist monk |
| 共和 | gòng hé | republic; republicanism |
| 温和 (溫和) | wēn hé | mild; gentle |
| 了解 | liǎo jiě | to understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out |
| 解决 (解決) | jiě jué | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “settle”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.