釋

See also: 释

Translingual

Traditional	釋
Shinjitai	釈
Simplified	释

Etymology

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

Han character

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

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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Chinese

trad.		釋
simp.		释

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shì (shi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳt
• Min Nan (POJ): sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
    • Wade-Giles: shih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹
    • Yale: sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt
    • Hakka Romanization System: siid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁵
    • IPA: /sɨt̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek
    • Tâi-lô: sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seg
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪk̚³²/

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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

• 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. Abbreviation of 釋迦牟尼 ‎(“Shakyamuni”).
4. A surname​.

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Japanese

Kanji

釋

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

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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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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

釋 (thích)

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