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释

shì

to explain, to interpret; to release

🔤 Pictophonetic: 釆 (collect) provides meaning, 睪 provides pronunciation
HSK 4 12 strokes Very Common (8%)
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釆
biàn
to distinguish; to pick, to gather, to collect
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Radical
⿰釆？ i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

biàn
釆
to distinguish; to pick, to gather, to collect
💡 Ideographic: Rice 米 ready to be picked
7 strokes
unknown
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Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical
5 strokes

Words Using 释 (51)

jiěshì
解释 ↗
HSK 4
explanation / to explain / to interpret / to resolve / CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
àibùshìshǒu
爱不释手 ↗
HSK 6
to love sth too much to part with it (idiom); to fondle admiringly
shìfàng
释放 ↗
HSK 6
to release / to set free / to liberate (a prisoner) / to discharge
zhùshì
注释 ↗
HSK 6
marginal notes / annotation / to annotate / to add comments to text
shì
释 ↗
to explain / to release / Buddha (abbr. for [[釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼<Shìjiāmóuní>]]) / Buddhism
quánshì
诠释 ↗
to interpret / to comment and explain / to annotate / to perform (i.e. interpret a theatrical role) / to decode / interpretation / annotation
huòshì
获释 ↗
freed (from prison) / to obtain release
chǎnshì
阐释 ↗
to explain / to expound / to interpret / elucidation
xīshì
稀释 ↗
to dilute
lüèshì
略释 ↗
a brief explanation / to summarize
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