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Kanji Detail for 釈 - "to explain"

釈

  • Meaning

    釈 means "to explain." Also associated with to make excuses, to remove clothes.

    1. To explain - To clarify; to elucidate.

    2. To make excuses - To justify.

    3. To remove clothes - To release; to set free.

    4. To understand - To comprehend.

    5. To dissolve - To melt away; to disappear.

    6. To dilute - To thin; to water down.

    7. To discard - To release; to let go.

    8. To leave - To leave as is; to leave alone.

  • Words using 釈

    • 解釈 かいしゃく Listen interpretation; explanation; reading
    • 釈放 しゃくほう Listen release; liberation; acquittal
    • 保釈 ほしゃく Listen bail; releasing on bail
    • 釈明 しゃくめい Listen explanation; vindication
    • 釈迦 しゃか Listen Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha
    • 会釈 えしゃく Listen slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation

  • Four-character idioms with 釈

    • 廃仏毀釈 はいぶつきしゃく Listen abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)
    • 遠慮会釈 えんりょえしゃく Listen reserve and consideration (to others)

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    • Verified meaning: to explain
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しゃく, しやく)
    • Also carries these associations: to make excuses, to remove clothes

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 釈

    Surnames 釈(しゃく)Listen 釈(しやく)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    explanation

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    interpret, elucidate; release

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 釋|释

  • Onyomi

    tip

    seki(セキ) セキ

    shaku(シャク) シャク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    su.teru(す-てる) す-てる

    toku(と-く) と-く

    yuru.su(ゆる-す) ゆる-す

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    釆 (nogome・nogomehen)

  • Related Keywords

    to explain to make excuses to remove clothes to dilute to discard to dissolve to leave to understand release buddha interpretation elucidate clarify comment define expound pardon translate

Sentences including 釈

  • The police released him.

  • How do you account for this situation?

  • What do you make of this?

  • I just don't feel satisfied.

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