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解 means 'untie'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 185   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-4    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 17    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 142 words   Used in 423 words   Used in 62 names   Component in 10 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   カイ   ゲ
Kun
   とく to untie, solve, resolve   とける to come undone, disappear   とかす to melt, dissolve
Additional readings
Kun    ほどく   ほどける   わかる   さとる
Name    さとる   とけ
Components
⿰  角 corner; horn  ⿱  刀 sword  牛 cow  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 解 is used 27 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 解 is used 409 times, read 6 ways (with 1 variation).
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カイ : 346 words FIND ALL
か い け つ 0
settlement; solution; resolution
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ゲ : 12 words FIND ALL
げ ね つ 0
lowering a fever; alleviation of fever  (see also: 下熱)
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とく : 27 words FIND ALL
と く 1
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack
2. to unsew; to unstitch
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ほどく : 10 words FIND ALL
ほ ど く 2
Most common form: ほどく
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
to unfasten; to untie; to unwrap (e.g. parcel)  (often written with kana only)
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わかる : 8 words FIND ALL
わ か る 2
Most common form: わかる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow  (often written with kana only)
2. to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out  (often written with kana only)
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とく (read as ど) : 4 words FIND ALL
ゆ き ど け 0 ゆ き ど け 4
snow thaw; thawing
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とける (read as とけ) : 2 words FIND ALL
と け あ い 0
noun
liquidation by compromise
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An additional ゲ less common words include 解 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 662 (originally: 632)  Joy o' Kanji : 632  Key to Kanji: 96 

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解
カイ   ゲ   とく to untie, solve, resolve   とける to come undone, disappear   とかす to melt, dissolve   
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角
カク   corner; horn   かど corner   つの horn   
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⺈
corner
用
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
刀
トウ   かたな sword   
牛
ギュウ   うし cow   
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