Chinese symbol for “unravel”
破解
pò jiě
to break (a bond, constraint etc); to explain; to unravel; to decipher
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unravel is 破解 (pò jiě), defined as: to break (a bond, constraint etc); to explain; to unravel; to decipher; to decode; to crack (software).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “unravel”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爬梳 | pá shū | to comb through (historical documents etc); to unravel |
| 绎 (繹) | yì | continuous; to interpret |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 破解.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 破坏 (破壞) | pò huài | destruction; damage |
| 突破 | tū pò | to break through; to make a breakthrough |
| 打破 | dǎ pò | to break; to smash |
| 破产 (破產) | pò chǎn | to go bankrupt; to become impoverished |
| 破裂 | pò liè | to burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down |
| 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) |
| 解释 (解釋) | jiě shì | explanation; to explain |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unravel”.
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.