釋

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 釆 (“‘pick’”) + phonetic 睪

release

[edit] Han character

釋 (radical 165 釆+13, 20 strokes, cangjie input 竹木田中十 (HDWLJ), four-corner 2694₁)

1. interpret, elucidate
2. release
3. Last name adopted by East Asian Buddhist monks.

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 1290, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40129
• Dae Jaweon: page 1791, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3900, character 6
• Unihan data for U+91CB

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

釋 (simplified 释, Yale sik1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

釋

[edit] Readings

• On: しゃく (shaku), せき (seki), えき (eki)
• Kun: とく (toku), すてる (suteru), ゆるす (yurusu)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

釋 (hangeul 석, revised seok, McCune-Reischauer sŏk, Yale sek)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

釋 (simplified 释, pinyin shì (shi4), yì (yi4), Wade-Giles shih⁴, i⁴)

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

釋 (shiɛk)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

釋 (thích)