HSK 3 · Actions with Hands

解开

jiě kāi

to untie; to undo

Stroke order of 解开

2 characters, 17 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

解 · 13 strokes开 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

A knife 刀 cutting an ox 牛's horn 角 loosens it, then 开 opens the knot.

Parts: 解: 角 horn + 刀 knife + 牛 ox; 开 open

The characters in 解开

开 kāi — to open; to drive (4 strokes)

Example sentence

你能解开这个结吗？

Can you untie this knot?

Words with 解

理解to understand 解决to solve 了解to know well; to understand

Words with 开

开会to have a meeting 开车to drive 开to open; to drive 打开to open; to turn on 开玩笑to joke 开学school starts 开机to turn on (a device)开心happy 离开to leave 走开to go away 分开to separate 开业to open for business 推开to push open 公开open; to make public 开始to start; beginning 开发to develop 开放to open; open 开展to carry out; to launch

More words: Actions with Hands

拍to pat; to take (a photo)抓to grab; to catch 抓住to catch hold of 把握to grasp; certainty 把(measure word for handles); to hold 推动to push; to promote 推广to spread; to popularize 推进to push forward 压to press 压力pressure 配to match; to go with 修to repair; to build 订to book; to subscribe

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