釋 — Chinese character
釋
shì
to explain, to interpret; to release
- Pinyin
- shì
- Radical
- 165 ⾤ (Distinguish)
- Strokes
- 20
- Components
- 釆 睪
- Formation
- pictophonetic — collect; meaning component 釆; sound component 睪
- Simplified
- 释
- Japanese
- 釋 as a kanji
釋 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Zhuangzi 12
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 15
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi Nourishment of the Soul
- Zhuangzi Opening Trunks
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Zhuangzi The Tao of God
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.