解く

とく

to untie

N3 #6,137

Meanings

godan verb, transitive to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack
to unsew; to unstitch
to solve; to work out; to answer
to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.); to clear up; to remove (suspicion); to appease
to dissolve (a contract); to cancel; to remove (a prohibition); to lift (a ban); to raise (a siege)
to release (from duty); to relieve; to dismiss
usually in kana, also written as 梳く to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)

ほどく

godan verb, transitive, usually in kana to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen; to unpack

Its kanji

解カイ、ゲ · と.く、と.かす、と.ける、ほど.く、ほぐ.す、わか.る、さと.る unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute

In sentences

雪ゆきは解とけ去さった。 The snow has melted away. #141971

この問題もんだいは解ときにくい。 This problem is difficult to solve. #11910391

この問題もんだいは解とくのが難むずかしい。 This problem is difficult to solve. #206439

彼かれは重責じゅうせきを解とかれた。 He was relieved of his heavy responsibility. #104339

その問題もんだいを簡単かんたんに解といた。 I solved the problem easily. #206369

彼かれは難問なんもんを解とくのが好すきだ。 He likes to work out the difficult questions. #101546

彼かれはその謎なぞを難なんなく解といた。 He had no difficulty in explaining the mystery. #112475

彼かれはすべての問題もんだいを解といた。 He solved all the problems. #113325