TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 詞
解決
ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ · jiějué
verb — to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem or conflict)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
解to untie; to explain; to disassemble (解開的解)jiě角 (horn) + 刀 (knife) + 牛 (ox) — a knife separating the ox at its horn-joints; to take apart, to untie
決to decide; to burst through (決定的決)jué氵(water) + 夬 — water breaking through a breach in a levee; to burst, to decide
解決，解開的解，決定的決。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
刀從牛角（解：角+刀+牛）入，水從口子（決：氵+夬）衝——問題解開，壓力釋放。
The knife enters at the horn-joint (解: 角+刀+牛, disassembling the ox) and the levee bursts its breach (決: 氵+夬, water forcing through) — the knot is cut and the pressure released.
字源記憶法
關 · Related
問題wèntíthe problem — what acts on開jiěkāito untie — in its physical sense