Chinese Character 释 Meanings and components.

Form

释

Meaning

释 meaning[3] in English

To Explain.

To Release.

Buddha (Abbr. For 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 Jia1 Mou2 Ni2]).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 释 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are old variant of … (釆) , and (𠬤)

Its radical[1] is: 釆 (bian4) which means: Old Variant Of 辨[Bian4], .釆bian4old variant …

In cangjie it is written with HDEQ

How to write 释

To write释shi4to explain you should write a combination of 釆bian4old variant … , 𠬤𠬤5 arranged in a 吅 shape:

釆 + 𠬤 = 释

释 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 释 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 释, looks as follow:

释
Pinyin:shi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Explain . To Release . Buddha (Abbr. For 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 Jia1 Mou2 Ni2]) . Buddhism
釆
Pinyin:bian4
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 辨[Bian4]
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
米
Pinyin:mi3
Meaning[3]: Surname Mi
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
𠬤
Pinyin:𠬤5 Shape:吕
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway
㐄
Pinyin:kua4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters, Mirror Image Of 夂[Zhi3]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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