見解

けんかい · kenkai · JLPT N3 · noun

opinion

👀💬 見解 = see + unravel: how you see a matter once you've untangled it

見 means to see or look, and 解 means to untie or explain. Put together, a 見解 is the way you see something after working it out: your view or opinion. Mnemonic: your kenkai is how you can explain what you see.

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.

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