释
shì HSK4

explain

释 釋 shì
to explain verbnoun
(bound form) to explain; to clarify or interpret, as in 解释 jiě​shì or 注释 zhù​shì
to release verb
(bound form) to release; to let go or set free, as in 释放 shì​fàng or 保释 bǎo​shì
to put down adjective
(bound form) to put down; to set aside or let go of something being held
to dissolve
(bound form) to dissolve or dispel, such as doubts or resentments
Buddhism
(bound form) Buddhism; Shakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism
surname
a Chinese surname
to take off
(bound form) to take off or strip off clothing or armor

Cross-References

Abbreviation of

Frequency
Character
Written text
813th most common 220.9 per million
Movie subtitles
667th most common 199.7 per million appears in 61% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.15 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
9.70 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Traditional
釋
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+91CA

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)