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Chinese symbol for “freed”

获释
huò shì
Traditional: 獲釋
freed (from prison); to obtain release

The closest CC-CEDICT match for freed is 获释 (huò shì), defined as: freed (from prison); to obtain release.

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Characters and stroke order

获 huò
to get, to obtain, to receive, to sieze
radical 140 ⾋ · 10 strokes
释 shì
to explain, to interpret; to release
radical 165 ⾤ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 获释.

WordPinyinMeaning
获得 (獲得)huò déto obtain; to receive; to get
获取 (獲取)huò qǔto gain; to get; to acquire
获奖 (獲獎)huò jiǎngto win an award
收获 (收獲)shōu huòvariant of 收获 (shōu huò)
荣获 (榮獲)róng huòbe honored with
解释 (解釋)jiě shìexplanation; to explain
释放 (釋放)shì fàngto release (a prisoner); to set free; to release (energy, gas, resources); to express (emotions, goodwill, intentions)
诠释 (詮釋)quán shìto interpret; to comment and explain

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.