釋

See also 释, and 釈

Translingual

Etymology

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

release

Han character

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

• 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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Cantonese

Hanzi

釋 (simplified 释, Yale sik1)

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Japanese

Kanji

釋

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

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Middle Chinese

Han character

釋 (shiɛk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

釋 (thích)