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釋

shì

explain

Phonosemantic compound. 釆 represents the meaning and 睪 represents the sound.

Components
釆 meaning component

釆  Meaning component

biàn

  

distinguish

睪 sound component

睪  Sound component

yì

  

spy on

Evolution

釋 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
釋 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
釋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
釋 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
釋 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

释 (釋) 

shì

interprete, elucidate; release; to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shì​jiā​móu​ní]); Buddhism

Most common words with 釋
Freq.
Word
Meaning

解释

explanation

释放

to release

诠释

to interpret

假释

parole

保释

to bail

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*l̥Ak

syek

shì

release; dissolve


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 61.2846% of movies

667th most common character in movies

813th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

20

Simplified

释

Unicode

U+91CB

Shuowen

“釋，解也。从釆，釆，取其分別物也。从睪聲。”


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