解題

Chinese

		to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort	topic; subject; to inscribe topic; subject; to inscribe; to superscribe
trad. (解題)		解	題
simp. (解题)		解	题
anagram		題解／题解

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiětí

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄊㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai² tai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiětí
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄊㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiětí
  - Wade–Giles: chieh³-tʻi²
  - Yale: jyě-tí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieetyi
  - Palladius: цзети (czeti)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaai² tai⁴
  - Yale: gáai tàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaai² tai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gai² tei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³⁵ tʰɐi̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: keaX dej

Rime
Character	解	題
Reading #	2/4	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	佳 (31)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	IV
Fanqie	佳買切	杜奚切
Baxter	keaX	dej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛ^X/	/dei/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæ^X/	/dei/
Shao Rongfen	/kæi^X/	/dɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨj^X/	/dɛj/
Li Rong	/kɛ^X/	/dei/
Wang Li	/kai^X/	/diei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kai^X/	/dʱiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎ	tí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaai²	tai⁴

Verb

解題

to solve exam questions or exercise problems
to comprehend or describe a title
to describe a book

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (解題):

→ Japanese: 解題(かいだい) (kaidai)
→ Korean: 해제(解題) (haeje)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
解	題
かい Grade: 5	だい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かいだい [kàídáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ida̠i]

Noun

解(かい)題(だい) • (kaidai)

(bibliography) description of a book

Synonyms

開題(かいだい) (kaidai)

Verb

解(かい)題(だい)する • (kaidai suru) suru (stem 解(かい)題(だい)し (kaidai shi), past 解(かい)題(だい)した (kaidai shita))

(bibliography) to describe a book

Conjugation

Conjugation of "解題する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	解題し	かいだいし	kaidai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	解題し	かいだいし	kaidai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	解題する	かいだいする	kaidai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	解題する	かいだいする	kaidai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	解題すれ	かいだいすれ	kaidai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	解題せよ¹ 解題しろ²	かいだいせよ¹ かいだいしろ²	kaidai seyo¹ kaidai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	解題される	かいだいされる	kaidai sareru
Causative	解題させる解題さす	かいだいさせるかいだいさす	kaidai saseru kaidai sasu
Potential	解題できる	かいだいできる	kaidai dekiru
Volitional	解題しよう	かいだいしよう	kaidai shiyō
Negative	解題しない	かいだいしない	kaidai shinai
Negative continuative	解題せず	かいだいせず	kaidai sezu
Formal	解題します	かいだいします	kaidai shimasu
Perfective	解題した	かいだいした	kaidai shita
Conjunctive	解題して	かいだいして	kaidai shite
Hypothetical conditional	解題すれば	かいだいすれば	kaidai sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“解題”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
解	題

Noun

解題 • (haeje) (hangeul 해제)

hanja form^? of 해제 (“description of a book”)