释 (shì) — (bound form) to explain; to elucidate; (bound form) to release; to set free; (bound form) short for Sakyamuni or Buddhism (used in Buddhist terms)
Definition
释 (shì) is a bound morpheme used only in compounds like 解释 (explain), 释放 (release), and Buddhist terms like 释迦牟尼 (Sakyamuni). It never stands alone as a word.
bound form
to explainto elucidateto releaseto set freeshort for Sakyamuni or Buddhism (used in Buddhist terms)
Examples
- ？Nǐ néng gěi wǒ jiě shì yí xià zhè ge yì si ma?Can you explain this meaning to me?
- 。Jǐng chá bǎ tā shì fàng le.The police released him.
- 释。shì Jiā móu ní shì fó jiào de chuàng shǐ rén.Sakyamuni is the founder of Buddhism.
Origin
Compound ideograph六书liùshū
会意huìyìTwo or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 釋; 释 is its simplified writing.
- 釆釆biànto distinguish
- 睪睪yìto release; to see
The traditional form 釋 puts 釆 (to distinguish) beside 睪, a part that gives the sound and means “to release; to see”; the simplified 释 is a later shortened shape.
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