释

Translingual

Etymology

Simplified from 釋 (睪 → 又二丨)

Han character

释 (radical 165 釆+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹木水手 (HDEQ))

1. interprete, elucidate
2. release

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1290, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3899, character 6
• Unihan data for U+91CA

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Cantonese

Hanzi

释 (traditional 釋, Yale sik1)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

释 (traditional 釋, pinyin shì (shi4), Wade-Giles shih⁴)

Last modified on 10 October 2012, at 15:02