解
カイ, ゲ, と.く, と.かす, と.ける, ほど.く, ほど.ける, わか.る, さと.る, さとる, とけ
unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute
JLPT3 G5 S13 F176
角# horn + an element combining 刀 sword/knife and 牛 cow → *remove* cattle horns in butchering → *dismember*; *break*; *release*; *unravel*; *disentangle*; *untie*; *loosen*; *solve*; *melt* → *understand*; *explain* → *dispel* (← dispel doubts and obtain understanding) → *cancel*. *Comb* is by extension from "disentangle".
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