讲解
jiǎng jiě · HSK 7
to explain
🗣️ 讲 speak + 解 untie/solve = talk a problem apart until it is clear
讲 means to tell or talk; 解 means to untie or solve (same 解 as in 解决 to solve). Together: to talk something apart so it comes undone and clear, i.e. to explain.
讲 — speech radical 讠 + 井 (well)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The left side 讠 (simplified form of 言, 'speech') gives the meaning, indicating something spoken or explained. The right side 冓 (simplified to 井-like form) originally suggested interlocking structure and provided the sound. Together it means to speak, explain, or tell.
解 — horn 角 + knife 刀 + ox 牛
解 is an ideograph showing hands using a knife (刀) to separate the horn (角) from an ox (牛). The original meaning was to butcher or dismember an ox, which broadened to 'untie, separate, loosen,' and then extended figuratively to 'explain' or 'understand'—to take something apart mentally.