解放军

解

jiě

放

fàng

军

軍

ju̅n

People's Liberation Army (PRC armed forces)

Characters and words in 解放军

解

xiè = xi + e4

surname Xie

解

jiě = ji + e3

to divide / to break up / to split / to separate / to dissolve / to solve / to melt / to remove / to untie / to loosen / to open / to emancipate / to explain / to understand / to know / a solution / a dissection

解 = 刀 + 牛 + 角 : Mnemonic symbol: acetone, in which anything can be dissolved.

Inside of the elevator (e3) Joan of Arc (ji) is dissolving a horn (角). A moment ago she cut the horn from the bull's (牛) head using a cleaver (刀). The bull is still shocked as he sees Joan of Arc dissolve (解) his horn in acetone (解).

解

jiè = ji + e4

to transport under guard

解

xiè = xi + e4

acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old)

解

jiě

放

fàng

to liberate / to emancipate / liberation / refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949 / CL:次[ci4]

放

fàng = f + ang4

to put / to place / to release / to free / to let go / to let out / to set off (fireworks)

放 = 攵 + 方 : In the anglepod's bathroom, Frankenstein's monster crushes a square to pieces using a sledgehammer. He puts the pieces into the toilet and releases them afterwards by flushing it.

军

軍

ju̅n = ju + (e)n1

(bound form) army / military

军 = 冖 + 车 : As a component in other characters: a general.

Zeus is driving a car in front of the restaurant. It's a cabriolet, so he uses a cooking top to protect himself from the weather. With the cooking top on his head, he looks kinda like a weird general.