解理

cleavage (splitting of minerals such as slate along planes)

surname Xie

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

to transport under guard

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

texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up

cleavage plane (e.g. of slate)

direction of cleavage (e.g. of slate)