釋

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See also: 释 and 釈

Translingual[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

release

Han character[edit]

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

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

References[edit]

  • 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

Cantonese[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

釋 (simplified 释, Yale sik1)

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

釋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

Mandarin[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

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

Middle Chinese[edit]

Han character[edit]

釋 (shiɛk)

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

釋 (thích)

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