釈

釈 U+91C8, 釈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91C8 ← 采 [U+91C7] CJK Unified Ideographs 釉 → [U+91C9]

Translingual

Traditional	釋
Shinjitai	釈
Simplified	释

Han character

釈 (Kangxi radical 165, 釆+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹木尸人 (HDSO), composition ⿰釆尺)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1290, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40120
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 3899, character 3
• Unihan data for U+91C8

Japanese

Shinjitai	釈
Kyūjitai	釋

Kanji

釈

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 釋)

1. elucidate, explain
2. to release

Readings

• Go-on: しゃく (shaku, Jōyō)^{←しやく (syaku, historical)}
• Kan-on: せき (seki)
• Kun: とく (toku, 釈く)、すてる (suteru, 釈てる)、ゆるす (yurusu, 釈す)