Chinese symbol for “untie”
解开
jiě kāi
Traditional: 解開
to untie; to undo; to solve (a mystery)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for untie is 解开 (jiě kāi), defined as: to untie; to undo; to solve (a mystery).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “untie”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 解脱 (解脫) | jiě tuō | to untie; to free |
| 松绑 (鬆綁) | sōng bǎng | to untie; (fig.) to ease restrictions |
| 解 | jiě | to divide; to break up |
| 松开 (鬆開) | sōng kāi | to release; to let go |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 解开.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 理解 | lǐ jiě | to comprehend; to understand |
| 解放 | jiě fàng | to liberate; to emancipate |
| 开始 (開始) | kāi shǐ | to begin; to start; beginning; start |
| 开发 (開發) | kāi fā | to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop |
| 离开 (離開) | lí kāi | to depart; to leave |
See also: Japanese symbol for “untie”.
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.