Chinese Character 釋 Meanings and components.

Form

釋

Meaning

釋 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 釋 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are old variant of … (釆) , and to spy out (睪)

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

In cangjie it is written with HDWLJ

How to write 釋

To write釋shi4to explain you should write a combination of 釆bian4old variant … , 睪yi4to spy … arranged in a 吅 shape:

釆 + 睪 = 釋

釋 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

釋
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]
睪
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Spy Out
罒
Pinyin:wang3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Net (Kangxi Radical 122)
幸
Pinyin:xing4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Trusted . Intimate . (Of The Emperor) To Visit . Variant Of 幸[Xing4]
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
𢆉
Pinyin:ren3 Shape:吕
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
干
Pinyin:gan4
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 乾|干[Gan1]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10

Notes

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

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

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