釋

See also: 釈 and 释

釋 U+91CB, 釋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91CB ← 释 [U+91CA] CJK Unified Ideographs 里 → [U+91CC]

Translingual

Traditional	釋
Shinjitai	釈
Simplified	释

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𨰪

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		釋
simp.		释

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (睪) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
斁	*ʔl'aːɡs, *l'aːɡs, *laːɡ
籜	*l̥ʰaːɡ
蘀	*l̥ʰaːɡ
鐸	*l'aːɡ
凙	*l'aːɡ
襗	*l'aːɡ, *rlaːɡ, *laːɡ
擇	*rlaːɡ
澤	*rlaːɡ
鸅	*rlaːɡ
蠌	*rlaːɡ
檡	*rlaːɡ, *hljaɡ
釋	*hljaɡ
繹	*laːɡ
睪	*neb, *laːɡ, *kuː
譯	*laːɡ
嶧	*laːɡ
懌	*laːɡ
驛	*laːɡ
醳	*laːɡ
圛	*laːɡ
墿	*laːɡ
燡	*laːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hljaɡ): semantic 釆 (“pick”) + phonetic 睪 (OC *neb, *laːɡ, *kuː).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shì (shi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳt
• Min Bei (KCR): sĭ
• Min Dong (BUC): sék
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sek

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêg⁴

• Wu (Wiktionary): seq (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹
    • Yale: sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt
    • Hakka Romanization System: siid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚²/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiʔ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek
    • Tâi-lô: sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sek̚²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: seq (T4)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /səʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɕiᴇk̚/

Rime
Character	釋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	施隻切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiajk̚/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛk̚/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥Ak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljaɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	釋
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ syek ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥Ak/
English	release; dissolve
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	釋
Reading #	1/1
No.	15134
Phonetic component	睪
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	釋
Old Chinese	/*hljaɡ/

Definitions

釋

1. to explain; to elucidate
2. to release
3. (Buddhism) Short for 釋迦牟尼／释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní, “Shakyamuni”).
4. 21st tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "release, freedom" (𝌚)
5. a surname, customarily adopted by Buddhist monks and nuns after their ordination (in the Buddhist context, taken from the first character of the Gautama Buddha's Chinese name, 釋迦牟尼)

Compounds

Derived terms from 釋

• 不忍釋手／不忍释手
• 不釋／不释
• 不釋口／不释口
• 保釋／保释 (bǎoshì)
• 假釋／假释 (jiǎshì)
• 冰消凍釋／冰消冻释
• 冰解凍釋／冰解冻释
• 冰釋／冰释 (bīngshì)
• 凍解冰釋／冻解冰释
• 剖釋／剖释
• 如釋重負／如释重负
• 帝釋天／帝释天
• 愛不忍釋／爱不忍释
• 愛不釋手／爱不释手 (àibùshìshǒu)
• 手不釋卷／手不释卷 (shǒubùshìjuàn)
• 擴充解釋／扩充解释
• 易通釋／易通释
• 沿革解釋／沿革解释
• 注釋／注释 (zhùshì)
• 消愁釋悶／消愁释闷
• 消愁釋憒／消愁释愦
• 消釋／消释 (xiāoshì)
• 渙然冰釋／涣然冰释
• 無罪開釋／无罪开释
• 煙消冰釋／烟消冰释

• 煥然冰釋／焕然冰释
• 獲釋／获释 (huòshì)
• 稀釋／稀释 (xīshì)
• 稀釋劑／稀释剂 (xīshìjì)
• 簡釋／简释
• 經典釋文／经典释文
• 考釋／考释 (kǎoshì)
• 若釋重負／若释重负
• 解兵釋甲／解兵释甲
• 解甲釋兵／解甲释兵
• 解疑釋結／解疑释结
• 解釋／解释 (jiěshì)
• 評釋／评释
• 詮釋／诠释 (quánshì)
• 釋例／释例 (shìlì)
• 釋典／释典 (shìdiǎn)
• 釋出／释出
• 釋卷／释卷 (shìjuàn)
• 釋口／释口
• 釋名／释名 (Shìmíng)
• 釋奠／释奠 (shìdiàn)
• 釋子／释子 (shìzǐ)
• 釋家／释家 (shìjiā)
• 釋憲／释宪 (shìxiàn)
• 釋憾／释憾 (shìhàn)

• 釋懷／释怀 (shìhuái)
• 釋手／释手
• 釋提桓因／释提桓因
• 釋放／释放 (shìfàng)
• 釋教／释教 (shìjiào)
• 釋文／释文 (shìwén)
• 釋氏／释氏
• 釋法／释法 (shìfǎ)
• 釋然／释然 (shìrán)
• 釋疑／释疑 (shìyí)
• 釋義／释义 (shìyì)
• 釋老／释老
• 釋菜／释菜
• 釋藏／释藏
• 釋褐／释褐
• 釋言／释言
• 釋迦／释迦 (shìjiā)
• 釋迦果／释迦果 (shìjiāguǒ)
• 釋迦牟尼／释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní)
• 釋部／释部
• 釋門／释门
• 開釋／开释 (kāishì)
• 闡釋／阐释 (chǎnshì)
• 陽儒陰釋／阳儒阴释
• 隸釋／隶释

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (釋):

• → Vietnamese: Thích (釋)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	釈
Kyūjitai	釋

Kanji

釋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 釈)

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Readings

• Go-on: しゃく (shaku)
• Kan-on: せき (seki)
• Kun: とく (toku, 釋く); すてる (suteru, 釋てる); ゆるす (yurusu, 釋す)

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Korean

Hanja

釋 • (seok) (hangeul 석)

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Vietnamese

Han character

釋: Hán Nôm readings: thích

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