See also: 解释 and 解釈

Chinese edit

 
to loosen; to untie; to explain
to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort
explain; to release
trad. (解釋)
simp. (解释)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/4 3/4 1/1
Initial () (28) (28) (26)
Final () (31) (31) (123)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () II II III
Fanqie
Baxter keaX keaH syek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠɛX/ /kˠɛH/ /ɕiᴇk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚæX/ /kᵚæH/ /ɕiɛk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kæiX/ /kæiH/ /ɕiæk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨjX/ /kaɨjH/ /ɕiajk̚/
Li
Rong
/kɛX/ /kɛH/ /ɕiɛk̚/
Wang
Li
/kaiX/ /kaiH/ /ɕĭɛk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kaiX/ /kaiH/ /ɕi̯ɛk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiǎ jià shi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaai2 gaai3 sik1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiě shì
Middle
Chinese
‹ X › ‹ syek ›
Old
Chinese
/*kˁreʔ/ /*l̥Ak/
English cut up; unloose 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
Reading # 1/4 2/4 1/1
No. 6474 6478 15134
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kreːʔ/ /*kreːs/ /*hljaɡ/

Verb edit

解釋

  1. to explain; to elucidate
  2. to analyse; to interpret; to expound
  3. (literal and literary) to remove; to clear; to eliminate; to dispel

Synonyms edit

  • (to explain):

Noun edit

解釋

  1. explanation
  2. analysis; interpretation

Derived terms edit

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 5
しゃく
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 解釋 – see the following entry.
解釈かいしゃく
[noun] interpretation
[verb] to interpret
(This term, 解釋, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)