釋

See also: 釈 and 释

釋	U+91CB, 釋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91CB

← 释
[U+91CA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

里 →
[U+91CC]

Translingual

Traditional	釋
Shinjitai	釈
Simplified	释

Han character

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

Derived characters

𨰪

References

KangXi: page 1290, character 17

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40129

Dae Jaweon: page 1791, character 4

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3900, character 6

Unihan data for U+91CB

Chinese

trad.		釋
simp.		释

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (睪) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
斁	ʔl'aːɡs, l'aːɡs, *laːɡ
籜	*l̥ʰaːɡ
蘀	*l̥ʰaːɡ
鐸	*l'aːɡ
凙	*l'aːɡ
襗	l'aːɡ, rlaːɡ, *laːɡ
擇	*rlaːɡ
澤	*rlaːɡ
鸅	*rlaːɡ
蠌	*rlaːɡ
檡	rlaːɡ, hljaɡ
釋	*hljaɡ
繹	*laːɡ
睪	neb, laːɡ, *kuː
譯	*laːɡ
嶧	*laːɡ
懌	*laːɡ
驛	*laːɡ
醳	*laːɡ
圛	*laːɡ
墿	*laːɡ
燡	*laːɡ

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shì (shi⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳt
Min Bei (KCR): sĭ
Min Dong (BUC): sék
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): sek
(Teochew, Peng'im): sêg⁴
Wu (Wiktionary): seq (T4)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìh
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴
  - Yale: shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
  - Palladius: ши (ši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik¹
  - Yale: sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt
  - Hakka Romanization System: siid`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚²/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sék
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiʔ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek
  - Tâi-lô: sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪk̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sêg⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sek
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sek̚²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: seq (T4)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /səʔ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /ɕiᴇk̚/

Rime
Character	釋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	清 (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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik¹

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

to explain; to elucidate
to release
(Buddhism) Short for 釋迦牟尼／释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní, “Shakyamuni”).
21st tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "release, freedom" (𝌚)
a surname, customarily adopted by Buddhist monks and nuns after their ordination (in the Buddhist context, taken from the first character of the Gautama Buddha's Chinese name, 釋迦牟尼)

Compounds

Derived terms from 釋

不忍釋手／不忍释手
不釋／不释
不釋口／不释口
保釋／保释 (bǎoshì)
假釋／假释 (jiǎshì)
冰消凍釋／冰消冻释
冰解凍釋／冰解冻释
冰釋／冰释 (bīngshì)
凍解冰釋／冻解冰释
剖釋／剖释
如釋重負／如释重负
帝釋天／帝释天
愛不忍釋／爱不忍释
愛不釋手／爱不释手 (àibùshìshǒu)
手不釋卷／手不释卷 (shǒubùshìjuàn)
擴充解釋／扩充解释
易通釋／易通释
沿革解釋／沿革解释
注釋／注释 (zhùshì)
消愁釋悶／消愁释闷
消愁釋憒／消愁释愦
消釋／消释 (xiāoshì)
渙然冰釋／涣然冰释
無罪開釋／无罪开释
煙消冰釋／烟消冰释

煥然冰釋／焕然冰释
獲釋／获释 (huòshì)
稀釋／稀释 (xīshì)
稀釋劑／稀释剂 (xīshìjì)
簡釋／简释
經典釋文／经典释文
考釋／考释 (kǎoshì)
若釋重負／若释重负
解兵釋甲／解兵释甲
解甲釋兵／解甲释兵
解疑釋結／解疑释结
解釋／解释 (jiěshì)
評釋／评释
詮釋／诠释 (quánshì)
釋例／释例 (shìlì)
釋典／释典 (shìdiǎn)
釋出／释出
釋卷／释卷 (shìjuàn)
釋口／释口
釋名／释名 (Shìmíng)
釋奠／释奠 (shìdiàn)
釋子／释子 (shìzǐ)
釋家／释家 (shìjiā)
釋憲／释宪 (shìxiàn)
釋憾／释憾 (shìhàn)

釋懷／释怀 (shìhuái)
釋手／释手
釋提桓因／释提桓因
釋放／释放 (shìfàng)
釋教／释教 (shìjiào)
釋文／释文 (shìwén)
釋氏／释氏
釋法／释法 (shìfǎ)
釋然／释然 (shìrán)
釋疑／释疑 (shìyí)
釋義／释义 (shìyì)
釋老／释老
釋菜／释菜
釋藏／释藏
釋褐／释褐
釋言／释言
釋迦／释迦 (shìjiā)
釋迦果／释迦果 (shìjiāguǒ)
釋迦牟尼／释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní)
釋部／释部
釋門／释门
開釋／开释 (kāishì)
闡釋／阐释 (chǎnshì)
陽儒陰釋／阳儒阴释
隸釋／隶释

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (釋):

→ Vietnamese: Thích (釋)

Japanese

Shinjitai	釈
Kyūjitai	釋

Kanji

釋

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

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Readings

Go-on: しゃく (shaku)
Kan-on: せき (seki)
Kun: とく (toku, 釋く); すてる (suteru, 釋てる); ゆるす (yurusu, 釋す)

Korean

Hanja

釋 • (seok) (hangeul 석)

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Vietnamese

Han character

釋: Hán Nôm readings: thích

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