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Xie4

#201 most

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surname Xie

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解 is a picture of cutting an ox: 角 horn, 刀 blade, and 牛 ox together. It first meant cutting up an ox, then grew to splitting and opening, and from there to explaining, solving, and understanding.

Drawn as: horn of an ox; knife; ox

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懈

sound6 characters

懈蟹邂獬廨澥

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separate, divide, untie, allay

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acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old)

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